When it comes to cordyceps the first thing that comes to mind is Cordyceps, but not all are cordyceps are called Cordyceps, such as the chrysanthemum cordyceps that Fresh is going to talk about below.
What is Chrysanthemum Cordyceps?
Chrysanthemum Cordyceps, also known as Northern Cordyceps and Northern Cordyceps, is also one of the medicinal cordyceps. It belongs to the same genus Cordyceps as Cordyceps sinensis, and is a kind of Cordyceps fungus that can parasitise the pupae and larvae of many kinds of lepidopteran insects. After entering the body of the pupa, the strain of Cordyceps sinensis sprouts mycelium followed by a golden, or orange, or reddish-orange, stick-like object, the Chrysophyllum Cordyceps Zygote, which grows out of the pupa’s body.
Is Chrysinum Cordyceps a Cordyceps?
Chrysanthemum Cordyceps it is not Cordyceps! Most of the Chrysanthemum Cordyceps seen on the market are artificially cultivated, while the Cordyceps we often refer to as Cordyceps is a very rare wild herbal medicine that mainly grows in high altitude grasslands above 4000 metres.
