The Caterpillar fungus, scientifically known as Cordyceps sinensis is diamond for people living in highlands of Bhutan. Cordyceps can be used as an effective health booster and can
help bring back the normal performance of your body and increase longevity.
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| Display of Cordyceps length in centimeter |
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| Head view |
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| Ventral view |
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wow what is this?
ReplyDeleteDear anonymous, this is what we call Cordyceps sinensis; genus of ascomycete fungi. All Cordyceps species are endo-parasitoids, mainly on insects and other arthropods and few are parasitic on other fungi. This have a long history as medicinal fungi, which plays vital role while preparation of medicine.
DeleteThank you Tashi, seems very interesting. May be i will plan to visit Bhutan one day. Thank you for your information, kind of you.
DeleteYou are welcome, i hope you will get to see live Cordyceps.
Deletei think this is chinese caterpillar, i heared about it but seeing first time.
ReplyDeleteWhat you said is true. it is found in plateaus of Tibet, Bhutan, Nepal and some parts of China and India. I would say, it is one of the rarest among rare on this earth. This species have potential for highest healing power for any kinds of diseases.
DeleteVery good picture, I love it!
ReplyDeleteI have been to Bhutan, nobody shared me story about cordyceps, I regret to see this pictures otherwise I could have made use of my lenses. Any way good to see nice pictures here!
ReplyDeleteThis is an excellent photo of cordyceps sinensis great job man. Where does it comes from?
ReplyDeleteGood picture! Keep posting more!
ReplyDeleteHi, I just want to know which equipments you used to capture this image. Excellent details and good compositions!
ReplyDeleteThank you all. I used 5D Mark II with 100mm f/2.8 macro.
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