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    Ophiocordyceps sinensis (synonym Cordyceps sinensis), known colloquially as caterpillar fungus, is an entomopathogenic fungus (a fungus that grows on...
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    sichuanensis Ophiocordyceps smithii Ophiocordyceps sobolifera Ophiocordyceps sinensis—Caterpillar fungus, chong cao Ophiocordyceps sphecocephala Ophiocordyceps stipillata...
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    Ophiocordyceps. There have been many debates about whether the zombie-ant fungus (and other fungi) belonged to one or to the other as Ophiocordyceps was...
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    interest in ergoline to treat patients with autism. Ophiocordyceps sinensis (syn. Cordyceps sinensis) is a fungus which infects a caterpillar and uses its...
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    levispora, a pathogen of the annual cicada Okanagana rimosa.' Ophiocordyceps sinensis is an entomopathogenic fungus (a fungus that grows on insects)...
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    subgen. Ophiocordyceps was at one time a subgenus defined by morphology. Nuclear DNA sampling done in 2007 shows that members, including "C. sinensis" and...
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    tiger moths can emit clicks to foil bats' echolocation. The fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis infects the larvae of many different species of moths. Moths, like...
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  • entomopathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis, a species of the genus Cordyceps. The fruiting bodies of Ophiocordyceps sinensis are used extensively in...
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  • either eaten alive or in gelatin form. The caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) is another aphrodisiac used in China. The story of Aphrodite,...
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    such use include Agaricus subrufescens, Ganoderma lucidum, and Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Baker's yeast or Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a unicellular fungus...
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    to encourage animals to stay away. The huge market value of the Ophiocordyceps sinensis fungus crop collected from the wild has also resulted in unsustainable...
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    diagnostic logic to suffering. The use of the caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis), a world-famous medicinal and economic fungus, originates in Tibetan...
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    Region is derived from the harvesting of the fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis (formerly Cordyceps sinensis); contributing at least 1.8 billion yuan, (US$225 million)...
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    synthetically. It is also found in other Cordyceps species as well as Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Cordycepin is produced in cordyceps as a means of infecting insect...
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  • phylogeny. Notably, this species is a host for the caterpillar fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis, which is economically important for its use in traditional herbal...
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    system of Ophiocordyceps robertsii". PLOS ONE. 18 (5): e0284978. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0284978. PMC 10153710. PMID 37130139. Ophiocordyceps robertsii...
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    Erwei; Wang, Chengshu; Li, Yuling; Liu, Xingzhong (1 March 2012). "Ophiocordyceps sinensis, the flagship fungus of China: terminology, life strategy and ecology"...
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    Chinese medicine, this fungus can serve as a cheap substitute for Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Both contain cordycepin. Studies have found that excessive use...
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  • fungus. Based on 18S rDNA sequencing, this species is distinct from Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Samsoniella hepiali is defined by NCBI as a homotypic synonym...
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    Traditional Chinese Medicine texts, and cordyceps, and in particular Ophiocordyceps sinensis, were considered zoophytes. Zoophytes are common in medieval and...
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  • activity of SOD in the brain and liver. The caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) as a medicine was initially used by Tibetans no later than the...
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  • parasitic fungi of the genus Ophiocordyceps, particularly Ophiocordyceps robertsii and Ophiocordyceps sinensis Awetö people, an ethnic group of Brazil...
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    Clapham in 1831. He had sent specimens of the caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) to Britain. Many of Reeves' Chinese drawings are held in the Lindley...
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    valley and one of gate way go to Mount Everest. Tasi Nan rich in Ophiocordyceps sinensis national pride hydropower like upper tamakoshi hydropower and Siprin...
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  • (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), hosts of the economically important entomopathogenic fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis in Bhutan. Zootaxa, 2412: 42–52. Preview v t e...
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    attractions that remain largely unexplored including yarsagumba (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) collection caravan destinations, historical sites from the ten-year...
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    Conservation of fungi List of Chromista by conservation status Ophiocordyceps sinensis International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources...
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  • Many larvae of this genus are the hosts to the parasitic fungus Ophiocordyceps sinensis. The fungus-insect complex known as caterpillar fungus, or by its...
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    Indian barberry (berberis aristata), Chinese caterpillar fungus (ophiocordyceps sinensis), codonopsis and Lingzhi mushroom (ganoderma). The dams on the...
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  • Wang, Xiao-Liang; Yao, Yi-Jian (2011). "Host insect species of Ophiocordyceps sinensis: a review". ZooKeys (127): 43–59. doi:10.3897/zookeys.127.802....
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