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See also: cordyceps

Cordyceps ignota fruiting bodies growing from the body of a tarantula

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A taxonomic genus within the family Clavicipitaceae – fungi parasitic mostly to insects and other arthropods.

(genus): Cordyceps ignota, Cordyceps sinensis (selected species)
- For a comprehensive list of the many species, see Cordyceps on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

genus

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)}冬虫夏草 (zh) ‎(dōngchóngxiàcǎo), ^{(please verify)}冬虫草 ‎(dōngchóngcǎo), ^{(please verify)}虫草 (zh) ‎(chóngcǎo)

See also: Cordyceps

Drawing of a cordyceps

cordyceps ‎(plural cordyceps)

Any of the fungi of the genus Cordyceps, a genus of endoparasitoid sac fungi.
- 2015 July 14, Minsook Ye et al., “Paecilomycies japonica reduces repeated nicotine-induced neuronal and behavioral activation in rats”, in BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, volume 15, DOI:10.1186/s12906-015-0739-8:
  Consequently, pharmacological compounds in cordyceps may be associated with neurotrophic effects, which regulate behavioral sensitization and reward circuits of drug addiction.