Cordyceps Extract Cordycepin

Cordyceps Extract Cordycepin

In summer, the ascospore shoots out from the ascospore and produces germ tube (or germ tube from the conidia), which penetrates into the host larva to grow. The infected larva drills into the soil and forms sclerotia in winter. The sclerotia destroys the internal organs of the larva, but the cuticle of the larva is still intact. In the summer of the next year, a cotyledon emerges from the front of the larval carcass.

Cordyceps sinensis is formed by connecting the body of the insect with the fungal stroma from the head of the insect. Its body is similar to silkworm, 3-5cm long, 0.3-0.8cm in diameter; its surface is dark yellow to yellowish brown, with 20-30 ring lines, and the ring lines near the head are thin; its head is reddish brown; there are 8 pairs of feet, and 4 pairs in the middle are obvious; it is brittle, easy to break, and its section is slightly flat, yellowish white. The ovary is slender, cylindrical, 4-7cm long, about 0.3cm in diameter; the surface is dark brown to tan, with fine longitudinal wrinkles, and the upper part is slightly expanded; the quality is flexible, and the section is almost white. The smell is slightly fishy and the taste is slightly bitter