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This fungus that turns caterpillars into zombies is more expensive than gold. And it might go extinct because of itOphiocordyceps sinensis is already an endangered species. If the situation continues like this, it may soon go extinct. A study published in 2018 warned that overharvesting and climate change are ...
It is known as Ophiocordyceps sinensis, caterpillar fungus, or Himalayan gold. It can fetch up to $63,000 per pound on the herbal medicine market. The fungus is a parasite that attacks the ...
A parasitic fungus illness known as Cordyceps brain infection (abbreviated CBI) causes an epidemic that transforms human ...
It’s the underground-dwelling larva of one of several species of the ghost moth that has been infected by spores from a parasitic fungus called Ophiocordyceps sinensis. The fungus devours the ...
At some point, a parasitizing fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) attacks the caterpillar, fills its body with mycelium (sort of like fungal roots), causes it to travel near the top of its burrow ...
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