How to identify Cordyceps sinensis and how to identify Cordyceps?

Cordyceps house"The pharmacist reminds that real Cordyceps sinensis has the following characteristics: 1. Smell: **Cordyceps sinensis smells a little dry and rotten insect body and the aroma of grass mushrooms, which is the unique taste of Cordyceps sinensis, and nothing else.

The reason for this smell is that Cordyceps sinensis is the dried carcass of the larvae of the bat moth after being infected with the Cordyceps fungus. As long as you grasp this taste, you can confidently and boldly distinguish the authenticity of Cordyceps. 2. Debate color:

The surface of the "insect" of Cordyceps sinensis is dark yellow to light yellowish brown; The "grassy" part is the color of dead branches, i.e. dark brown or light brown. 3. Look at the section: the fracture surface of the "insect" body of Cordyceps sinensis is milky white, which is similar to the section of the zombie silkworm; 4. Recognize the appearance:

The main part of Cordyceps sinensis is cylindrical, light in color, and has fine longitudinal lines on the surface. The part connected with the "grass" at the top is slightly expanded, and the part of the grass is darker and smaller, so it is called "grass", that is, the sub-seat, with a stalk, often solitary, and occasionally has 2-3 branches.

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With the rise of people's living standards, the current high-end nourishing ingredients have entered the homes of ordinary people, but it is because some businesses see that there is a large market demand, in order to pursue huge profits, resulting in a lot of fake and real nourishing ingredients into the market, today I will take Cordyceps sinensis as an example, to give you a ** how to distinguish real and fake ingredients.

Cordyceps sinensis whole:

The head is slightly like a dead tree branch, the eyes are brownish-red, the first three pairs of legs are degenerate, the precursor is darker, the body ring is clear, there are four pairs of legs in the middle of the torso, the overall surface of Cordyceps is dark yellow to brown, and there is a pair of feet on the tail.

1.The color of the real Cordyceps sub-seat is gradient, and the thickness of the fake Cordyceps sub-seat is uniform without gradient color.

2.【Look at the eyes】Real Cordyceps eyes are brown or brownish, fake Cordyceps eyes are dark red.

3.【Look at the neck】The neck of the real Cordyceps changes from light yellow to dark yellow, and the fake Cordyceps has no color mutation.

4.【Look at the right feet】The real Cordyceps has clear feet, three pairs of degraded middle feet, four pairs of large feet and one pair of feet on the tail, and the characteristics of the feet of the false Cordyceps are not obvious.

5.【Look at the texture】The back lines of real Cordyceps are clear and regular, generally three thin and one thick, and the back lines of fake Cordyceps are chaotic and unclear.

6.【Identification of soaking in water】The real Cordyceps will not fade after soaking in water, and the fake Cordyceps will not fade after soaking in water, and it tastes bitter.

Summary. Cordyceps sinensis can be distinguished by three methods: looking at the appearance, smelling the smell, and trying the feel. 1. Look at the appearance:

The insect head and grass head of Cordyceps sinensis grow naturally, there are no traces of bonding, and the insect body has ring patterns, most of which are in a group of 3 rings, and the groups are arranged in an orderly manner, especially the ring patterns near the head are very fine. Cordyceps has 8 pairs of legs, and 4 pairs of feet are more obvious. And after the true cordyceps sinensis is broken, its section is white, with obvious lines.

2. Smell the smell: The encapsulated cordyceps sinensis will have a strong fishy smell when opened. 3. Try the feel:

Cordyceps has a dry feel to the touch, and rub the body and sub-seat of Cordyceps on your hands, and your hands will not be stained with any color.

Cordyceps sinensis can be distinguished by three methods: looking at the appearance, smelling the smell, and trying the feel. 1. Look at the appearance: the insect head and grass head of the real Cordyceps sinensis grow naturally, there are no traces of adhesion, and the insect body has ring patterns, most of which are a group of 3 rings, and the groups are arranged in an orderly manner, especially the ring patterns near the head are very fine.

Cordyceps has 8 pairs of legs, and 4 pairs of feet are more obvious. And after the true cordyceps sinensis is broken, its section is white, with obvious lines. 2. Smell the smell:

When the encapsulated cordyceps sinensis is opened, it will have a strong fishy smell. 3. Test the feel: Cordyceps has a feeling of hay to the touch, and rub the body and sub-seat of Cordyceps on your hands, and your hands will not be stained with any color.

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It is recommended to combine these three methods to identify.

1. [Grass shape]: Cordyceps sinensis is shaped like a silkworm, generally has only one "grass head", and rarely has more branches of "grass head", its base is thicker, the end is tapered, and the length is between centimeters. "Insect body" has 8 pairs, the tail is like a silkworm tail, the length is generally between centimeters, of which the length is between centimeters and between Cordyceps is rare, the surface of Cordyceps is rough, the ring pattern is obvious, the dry Cordyceps is brittle, and it is easy to break.

After Cordyceps is broken, there is a small hollow or pale gray small horseshoe-shaped imprint on the cross-section. Cordyceps is mostly slender or slightly curved. 2. [Grass Color]:

Cordyceps sinensis is yellow to brownish yellow on the surface, the head is yellow-red, and most of the "grass heads" are black, slender, flat in section, and slightly yellowish in color. **Cordyceps is preferably yellow and clean, bright, plump and hypertrophied, yellowish-white in section, not hollow, short in sub-seat, and free of mildew and impurities. 3. [Grass Flavor]:

** Cordyceps sinensis is opened after sealing, and it smells relatively strong fishy, light grass and ru. In short, Cordyceps sinensis must have both "grass and insects" when it is used in medicine, and the medicinal properties are good. In the case of incomplete Cordyceps, there is only a worm body without a sub-seat, or only a sub-seat without a sub-body; They are all defective, and this is the most important point, so don't forget it.

4. Cordyceps sub-fragrant stick: also known as Hawks Cordyceps. The sub-seat grows from the head of the worm ** and does not cover the entire head of the worm; The top of the sub-seat is round, the middle quadruped is not too prominent, the ring pattern is not as obvious as **Cordyceps, and there are more cases of forking of the grass head.

**Cordyceps also has this situation, but it is possible to see a fork in hundreds of them, and this situation should be identified according to other characteristics) Other appearance characteristics are basically the same. Some cordyceps insects are whitish and easier to identify, while some are yellow-colored, which is more difficult to identify. 5. Liangshan Cordyceps:

The body is stubby and short, the surface is brownish-black, the ring is numerous, covered with rust-colored hairs, the subbase is long, much longer than the body, up to 30 cm, the branches are slender and tortuous, and the head of the fruiting body is perfectly cylindrical or rod-shaped. The foot is not obvious. A few "grasses" have branches at the apex.

6. Xinjiang Cordyceps: The insect body resembles a silkworm, the surface is dark red to purple-red, and the insect body is hard. The subtraction is usually none.

The above is a counterfeit) The counterfeit of Xinjiang Cordyceps is better identified. 7. Ground silkworm: "insect body" is fusiform.

Slightly curved, less ringed, only 3 15 stripes. Pale yellow in appearance.

There's something like a bug on a piece of grass called Cordyceps sinensis, and you can see that it's a big supplement.

How to identify real and fake Cordyceps

1. Recognize the color of the grass: "color" brown and yellow. Cordyceps sinensis is yellow to brownish yellow on the surface, the head is yellow-red, and most of the "grass heads" are black, slender, flat in section, and slightly yellowish in color.

**Cordyceps is preferably yellow and clean, bright, plump and hypertrophied, yellowish-white in section, not hollow, short in sub-seat, no mildew, and no impurities.

2. Look at the grass shape: "shape" is like a silkworm. Cordyceps sinensis is like a silkworm, generally has only one "grass head", and there are very few Cordyceps with multiple branches of "grass head", the base of the "grass head" is thicker, the end is tapered, and the length is in.

1 4 cm. **Cordyceps has a rough surface with obvious rings, with a total of 2 3 rings. Dried cordyceps is brittle and easy to break.

After Cordyceps is broken, there is a small horseshoe-shaped imprint in the section that is hollow or light gray. Cordyceps is mostly slender or slightly curved. However, Pseudocordyceps is a symmetrical bump on one side and equal stripes with parallel voids on the other, which is generally poured out of molds.

3. Cordyceps: Cordyceps sinensis is soaked in boiling water, the insect body becomes swollen and soft, the color of the fungus base is aggravated and becomes black-brown, and the insect body and the fungus are closely connected and do not fall off. The infusion has a slight odor.

After soaking the pseudocordyceps in boiling water for 1 minute, it will slowly show its original shape, the yellow womb will fall off, and the pseudocyptic base will also begin to fall off, separating from the insect body.

4. Smell the grass: the "taste" is strong. The genuine product has a natural mushroom aroma or a slightly fishy smell, and the fake product is generally odorless.

Cordyceps sinensis identification method:

1. Body recognition: Liangshan Cordyceps, which is often used to pass off as Cordyceps, and Cordyceps made of noodles and soybean flour are thicker. Silkworms are prismatic or oblong, slightly curved; Some empty shell Cordyceps, after extracting the active ingredients, this supplement has less content, the appearance is not full, break it and look closely, you can also find foreign objects such as inserted wires.

2. Ring pattern identification: Cordyceps sinensis ring pattern is rough and obvious, and the ring pattern near the head is fine, with a total of 20-30 ring lines. Silkworms only have 2-11 root traces.

3. Surface color identification: Cordyceps sinensis is earthy yellow or yellow-brown in appearance. Cordyceps branchiculus has a yellowish-green appearance and is yellowish-brown or black-brown when it enters water; Liangshan Cordyceps has a tan appearance; The appearance of ground silkworms is pale yellow or grayish-black; The appearance of flour and soybean flour insect leather is brownish-red; Cordyceps sinensis soaked in alum has a milky white color on the surface.

4. Insect foot identification: Cordyceps sinensis has 8 pairs of feet in the whole body, of which 4 pairs in the middle are the most obvious; There are 9 to l0 pairs of Liangshan Cordyceps, which is 1 to 2 pairs more than Cordyceps, and the feet of other Cordyceps are not obvious enough.

5. Head fruiting body recognition: The fruiting body of the head of Cordyceps sinensis is dark brown, cylindrical, 4 to 8 cm long, thick centimeters, with fine longitudinal wrinkles on the surface and slightly enlarged at the top; The fruiting body of the head of Branched Cordyceps is black-brown, with more than 1-3 branches, the stalk is thin and curved, and it is easy to peel off after wetting. The fruiting body of the head of Cordyceps liangshan is longer, much larger than the insect body; There are no fine longitudinal wrinkles on the fruiting body of the head of Cordyceps made of flour and soybean flour.

6. Water test method: Cordyceps sinensis is soaked in boiling water, the insect body becomes larger and softer, the insect body and the bacterium are closely connected, do not fall off, and the infusion is slightly odorous; After soaking the false cordyceps in boiling water for 10 seconds, it will slowly show its original shape, the yellow opening fetus falls off, the false bacterium also begins to fall off, and separates from the insect body, some of the insect body becomes plant rhizomes, ground silkworms, and some become zombie silkworm bodies, the bacterium slowly becomes a white-like daylily, the black-brown color completely fades, and the soaked boiling water gradually becomes light black and slightly viscous.

7. Taste and smell: Chewing Cordyceps in the mouth is like chewing green edamame, the more you chew, the more fragrant it is, and the mouth is full of sweet and fragrant chicken; Pseudocordyceps is chewed in the mouth, the top teeth are crushed, and the mouth is soaked with mud powder, which is not chewy and has no meat fragrance, and the earthy taste is very strong. The moist cordyceps sinensis is opened after sealing, and it smells relatively strong aroma of straw mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms; When dried, it smells tasteless or has a faint aroma of straw mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms, while counterfeit products do not.