Dear Editor, The Chinese caterpillar fungus, commonly known as "Dong Chong Xia Cao" (winter worm summer grass) in China, is one of the most valuable medicinal fungi in the world (Zhang et al., 2012). In the alp...
Supported by the National Key Technology R & D Program (Grant No. 2007BAI32B05)
Two types of Hepialus larvae with different diets were distinguished in the Sejila Mountain,Tibetan Plateau based on the stable carbon isotope data of the host Hepialus larva of Cordyceps sinensis and its closely adja...
Supported by the Special Plan of Modernization of Traditional Chinese Medicine from Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission(03DZ19547)
This study used the sequence of the mitochondrial Cytochrome b (Cytb) to estimate phylogenetic relationships among host Hepialidae insects of Cordyceps sinensis. Genome DNA of host insect was extracted from the dead...