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Cordyceps sinensis is the larva of an insect. During its growth, it is invaded by the fungus of Cordyceps sinensis, which grows inside the larva, causing its death. When summer arrives, the fruiting body of the Cordyceps sinensis grows out of the larva, appearing as if the larva has transformed into Cordyceps sinensis.
If not for the invasion of the Cordyceps fungus, the larva would complete its life cycle of egg, larva, pupa, and adult. It is precisely because of the Cordyceps fungus's invasion that the larva's life is cut short at the larval stage, becoming food for the Cordyceps. This has led to the misunderstanding that it is an insect in winter and transforms into a plant in summer.
Regarding the growth of Cordyceps, humans have found it mysterious. An ancient poem once said: "Cordyceps sinensis, a name true to its form, transformation occurs with a single breath. One object can encompass both animal and plant, the physics of the world are truly unfathomable."
In fact, Cordyceps is a combination of an insect and a fungus. The insect is the larva of the ghost moth, and the fungus is the Cordyceps fungus. Every summer, on the snow-capped meadows above 3800 meters, as the snow melts, tiny, variegated ghost moths lay millions of eggs on flowers and leaves. The moth eggs then hatch into small larvae, which burrow into damp, loose soil, absorbing nutrients from plant roots and gradually growing plump and white.
At this point, spherical ascospores encounter the ghost moth larvae and penetrate inside the insect's body, absorbing its nutrients and germinating hyphae. When the ghost moth larvae feed on leaves infected with Cordyceps fungus, they also become Cordyceps.
The larvae infected by the fungus gradually crawl two to three centimeters below the surface of the ground, dying head down and tail up. This is the "winter insect." Although the larva dies, the fungus inside its body gradually grows until it fills the entire insect body. In late spring and early summer of the following year, a reddish-purple grass-like structure, two to five centimeters high with a pineapple-shaped perithecium at the top, grows from the insect's head. This is the "summer grass." Cordyceps is most robust at this time, with the highest concentration of active ingredients, making it the best season for harvesting. Qinghai, Diqing, and Nujiang Prefecture in Yunnan Province are among the main producing areas of Cordyceps.
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