Why is cordyceps not a worm and not a grass?

Because of the growth of Cordyceps, only the spores are parasitic in the body of the larvae of the Cordyceps bat moth, and the larvae will die and only leave the outer shell, and its nutrition will also be eaten up by the spores; The grass that grows from the larval head in summer is not actually grass, but a fungal constellation that grows from the spores, in fact, Cordyceps sinensis is a fungal parasitic complex.

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It is not Cordyceps bat moths that lay their eggs on the ground, and soon when they encounter the right humidity and temperature, the eggs will hatch and the larvae burrow into the soil. During this period of hiding in the soil, the larvae will encounter the spores that seep down with the rain, and the fungus will invade the larva's body and parasitize on it, and continue to absorb the nutrients of the larvae to grow and germinate hyphae. During this process, the larvae of the Cordyceps bat moth will gradually ossify and die, and this time is exactly winter, so it is called "winter worms".

However, since the larvae have been emptied by the spores, only a shell remains, so it cannot be said that Cordyceps sinensis is a worm.

Nor is it that the grass gradually spreads over the body of the larvae with the mycelium, and the bat moth larvae gradually grow up and burrow close to the ground. When the mycelium grows and fills the body of the larvae, the bat moth larvae are also eaten up of nutrients and will soon ossify and die, leaving the body of the worm with only an empty shell. In late spring and early summer, when the temperature gradually rises, the mycelium in the insect body will sprout from the head of the larva and sprout a fungus that looks like a grass through the soil.

Cordyceps, whether it is a cordyceps or a grass, the truth is actually like this.

Cordyceps sinensis is a fungus, and Cordyceps sinensis does not belong to the symbiont. Cordyceps and P. sinensis are two different species. Winterworms are the larvae of an insect that are invaded by the species of summergrass in the process of growth, and the growth of summergrass in the body of the winterworm causes the death of the winterworm.

When summer comes, the fruiting body of the summer grass grows out of the body of the winter worm, just as the winter insect grows into the summer grass.

Because Cordyceps sinensis is an algae organism, it is neither a worm nor a grass.

Cordyceps, which was originally an insect, was buried in the picture after being infected and killed by the fungus, it formed a fungus cover, with the continuous growth of the fungus, the insect died, and the fungus occupied the body, and it became Cordyceps.