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Lightning strikes make collecting a parasitic fungus prized in traditional Chinese medicine a deadly pursuit
Known as Ophiocordyceps sinensis—colloquially, caterpillar fungus or "Himalayan gold"—it can fetch astronomical prices on the herbal medicine market: up to US$63,000 per pound. Ophiocordyceps ...
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Fungus from The Last of Us isn't dangerous in real life and some of the same genus are medicines
Ophiocordyceps unilateralis ... including for human health - such as Cordyceps cicadae, Cordyceps sinensis, and Cordyceps militaris, widely used by traditional Chinese medicine. "The three species are ...
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What is Cordyceps in The Last of Us?
A parasitic fungus illness known as Cordyceps brain infection (abbreviated CBI) causes an epidemic that transforms human ...
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Mechanism of endogenous hormones regulating gallic acid biosynthesis during the development of buds and leaves in tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
Studies have shown that GA and its derivative methyl gallate have strong inhibitory effects on the two main tea plant diseases induced by Pseudopestalotiopsis camelliae-sinensis and Colletotrichum ...