Half are worms and half are flowers, commonly known as immature grass, the price is very expensive 500 yuan to buy half a jin.

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Speaking of Cordyceps sinensis, the first thing that comes to mind for many people is Cordyceps sinensis, that is, the kind of slender Cordyceps sinensis produced in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, but many people do not know that it is only one of the 190 Cordyceps species in China. There are also some cordyceps sinensis which take various insects as hosts, such as golden cicada flower which takes cicada as host and cordyceps militaris which takes insect pupa as host. They are all less well-known, but their value is not inferior to cordyceps sinensis. Today, let's talk about Cordyceps militaris, half of which is insect and half of which is flower. It is commonly known as "green grass" in folk.

Cordyceps militaris was first discovered in Jilin in 1958. After expert identification, it was found that Cordyceps militaris and Cordyceps sinensis belong to Cordyceps militaris, but the host is different. Cordyceps militaris is mostly born on the larvae of lepidopteran insects. It was originally grown in virgin forests and later successfully cultivated artificially. It mainly uses silkworm chrysalis as host, silkworm chrysalis and tussah chrysalis can be. Cultivated Cordyceps militaris and wild Cordyceps militaris similar, cordycepin, cordycepic acid, cordycepin polysaccharide and other effective substances content is very high, and Cordyceps militaris similar effect, so got a "young grass" nickname.

The cultivation process of Cordyceps militaris is not easy. The survival rate of inoculating the strain to silkworm chrysalis is not high, which has high technical difficulty, so it also leads to its high price. A catty of artificially cultivated Cordyceps militaris is generally 1000 yuan a catty, buy half a catty to 500 yuan, the price can be said to be extremely expensive.

However, no matter how expensive it is, Cordyceps sinensis is too difficult to cultivate artificially. Almost all of them are wild. Generally, they are sold on grams. 500 yuan may only buy 5 or 6 roots! Therefore, some people often use Cordyceps militaris as a substitute for Cordyceps sinensis, and the price is relatively cheap.

Cordyceps militaris is half worm, half flower, its "flower" is actually golden or orange spores, this spore can not only grow on silkworm chrysalis, but also in rice, wheat culture medium growth. The spores grown on rice and wheat are called "Cordyceps flowers". The color is very similar to Cordyceps militaris, but it has no worm body. In fact, in essence, Cordyceps flower and needle mushroom, mushroom and other fungi are similar, but the name is nice, generally used for cooking.

the Cordyceps militaris

The knowledgeable people call Cordyceps flower "rice grass" or "wheat grass", some ill-intentioned businessmen use cheap Cordyceps flower to pretend to be Cordyceps militaris sales, deceive those who do not understand, must pay attention.

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