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This fungus that turns caterpillars into zombies is more expensive than gold. And it might go extinct because of itOphiocordyceps sinensis is already an endangered species. If the situation continues like this, it may soon go extinct. A study published in 2018 warned that overharvesting and climate change are ...
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Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuitKnown as Ophiocordyceps sinensis—colloquially, caterpillar fungus or "Himalayan gold"—it can fetch astronomical prices on the herbal medicine market: up to US$63,000 per pound. Ophiocordyceps ...
Contemporary Tibetan livelihoods across the Tibetan Plateau depend extensively on profits earned through Ophiocordyceps sinensis harvesting. O. sinensis is a rare fungus endemic to the Tibetan Plateau ...
At some point, a parasitizing fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) attacks the caterpillar, fills its body with mycelium (sort of like fungal roots), causes it to travel near the top of its burrow ...
In the present study, we show that a water extract of H. sinensis mycelium (HSM) and polysaccharide-containing fractions isolated from the extract reduce body weight and accumulation of fat tissues in ...
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