Description[]
Snow Silkworm is the best of Cordyceps. Cordyceps is an entomogenous fungus, a lower parasitic fungus. This Cordyceps fungus parasitizes on moths, bee larvae, pupae or adults of lepidopteran insects living on high mountains in winter, and invades their bodies, to absorb nutrients, and when the hypha is gradually filled with worms, the larvae are stiff and die. In summer, the true summer, the fungal spores multiply in the dead worms, and a stick-shaped fruiting body grows from the top of the worm’s head. This is Cordyceps.
Snow Silkworm is another name for the best of Cordyceps. This cordyceps has an off-white appearance with ring patterns on it; there are eight pairs all over the body, with the four in the middle being the most obvious. The quality is easy to break when patronized, the section is slightly flat, white and slightly yellow. The fruit body is slender, dark brown to brown, cylindrical, generally longer than the worm body, with slightly enlarged spores on the top. The outer color is bright yellow, the inner color is white, plump and plump, not only larger than ordinary cordyceps, but also much better.
Trivia[]
In manhua, it is called Snow Caterpillar; a thousand year old treasure which when ingested can slow the action of poisons.