Some Cordyceps and Paecilomyces spp that have produced fruiting bodies in artificial conditions

 

1. Cordyceps militaris, 2. Cordyceps taii, 3. Cordyceps phecocephla, 4. Cordyceps longissima,  5. Cordyceps bassiana, 6. Cordyceps oxycephala, 7. Cordyceps gracilioides, 8. Cordyceps myrmecophila, 9. Cordyceps formicarum, 10. Cordyceps formosana Kobayasi & Shimizu, 11. Cordyceps brongniatii, 12. Cordyceps nutans,  13. Cordyceps bifusispora aff., 14. Cordyceps gunnii var. minor

( 十七种虫草的子实体培育研究 Artificial culture of seventeen Cordyceps spp.

LI Chun-Ru, NAM Sung-Hee, GENG De-Gui, FAN Mei-Zhen, LI Zeng-Zhi )

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Cordyceps sp. of Dr. Tapingkae (ทะพิงค์แก)

And (O)C. sobolifera cultivated with the same method.
( www.tapingkae.in.th )

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Cordyceps/Ophiocordyceps sinensis

( Professors Shen Nan Ying 沈南英 and Ke Chuan-Kui 柯传奎 1980's - 2004? )

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Semicultivated Cordyceps/Ophiocordyceps sinensis

( Chinavivers and Daniel Winkler )

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Paecilomyces cicadae ( Chai Yiqiu 柴一秋 ), Cordyceps cicadae (WANG, Yongjun et al .)

Paecilomyces/Isaria  japonica/tenuipes, Cordyceps pruinosa (Ho Gyoung Kim et al .)


and fumosoroseus, takaomontana, sinclairii, ophioglossoides, etc.etc...

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few more nice pictures ( from www.mushtech.co.kr )

Himalayan Viagra: A Mushroom Rises High

It’s one of the most expensive and elusive herbs in the world, selling at up to 8,000€ a kilo. Chinese billionaires want it for its legendary powers as an aphrodisiac. Doctors prize its medical properties. Every spring, entire villages in the Himalayas empty as people go in search of the yarshagumba mushroom. But it’s a difficult task, fraught with danger. The yarshagumba only grows for a few weeks of the year at high altitudes in the mountains. Harvesters, which include young children, run the risk of altitude sickness and breathing problems. We examine the yarshagumba phenomenon, following the mushrooms’ journey from the peaks of the Himalayas to the markets of Asia.

Georges HALPERN, J.Y WU, John HOLLIDAY

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The magic cordyceps sinensis - Story Board 2011-12-14

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Ophiocordyceps sinensis clip

《大美青海》三江源 走遍中国 - "Great Beauty of Qinghai" Three Rivers Across China 20110220
Chinese and English subtitles

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