What is the Cordyceps?

   Cordyceps sinensis is neither a worm nor a grass, but a complex of fungi and insects.

   In our country at 3800-6000M altitude on survival of a bat moth insects and a named Cordyceps sinensis fungus, the late autumn and early winter, Chinese caterpillar fungus mycelium spores after the mother left the wind summer grass part in Cordyceps sinensis, ground soil with rainwater infiltration, larvae into parasitic life encountered bat moth. After 1 months, the Chinese caterpillar fungus fungus in larvae in bat armyworm development of sclerotia, and bat moth larvae completely into the body nutrition supply of Cordyceps, Cordyceps fungus spores grew slowly filled with the whole body, this is the so-called "winter".

    To the next year in the summer of May, from the beginning of the worm's head was slowly began to grow hair teeth, fungal stroma like grass, this is the so-called "summer grass". This is the key to mining. If it is taken too early, mycelia is not mature. If it is taken too late, mycelium spores begin to consume hypha and form new spores to reproduce.

Every year Cordyceps harvest period of only 2 months, the growth period of Cordyceps only a short period of 10-15 days, after July the parasite spores have been scattered away, Leo also began to wither, then the Cordyceps had much medicinal value