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- Cordyceps abstract "Cordyceps /ˈkɔːrdəsɛps/ is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 400 species. All Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasitic on other fungi. Until recently, the best known species of the genus was Cordyceps sinensis, first recorded as yartsa gunbu in Nyamnyi Dorje's 15th century Tibetan text An ocean of Aphrodisiacal Qualities. In 2007, nuclear DNA sampling revealed this species to be unrelated to most of the rest of the genus' members; as a result it was renamed Ophiocordyceps sinensis and placed in a new family, the Ophiocordycipitaceae.The generic name Cordyceps is derived from the Greek word kordyle, meaning \"club\", and the Latin stem -ceps, meaning \"head\". Several species of Cordyceps are considered to be medicinal mushrooms in classical Asian pharmacologies, such as that of traditional Chinese and Tibetan medicines.When a Cordyceps fungus attacks a host, the mycelium invades and eventually replaces the host tissue, while the elongated fruit body (ascocarp) may be cylindrical, branched, or of complex shape. The ascocarp bears many small, flask-shaped perithecia containing asci. These, in turn, contain thread-like ascospores, which usually break into fragments and are presumably infective.Some current and former Cordyceps species are able to affect the behavior of their insect host: Ophiocordyceps unilateralis (formerly Cordyceps unilateralis) causes ants to climb a plant and attach there before they die. This ensures the parasite's environment is at an optimal temperature and humidity, and that maximal distribution of the spores from the fruit body that sprouts out of the dead insect is achieved. Marks have been found on fossilised leaves that suggest this ability to modify the host's behavior evolved more than 48 million years ago.The genus has a worldwide distribution and most of the approximately 400 species have been described from Asia (notably Nepal, China, Japan, Bhutan, Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand). Cordyceps species are particularly abundant and diverse in humid temperate and tropical forests.Some Cordyceps species are sources of biochemicals with interesting biological and pharmacological properties, like cordycepin; the anamorph of C. subsessilis (Tolypocladium inflatum) was the source of ciclosporin—an immunosuppressive drug helpful in human organ transplants, as it inhibits rejection. Fingolimod, a sphingolipid used to treat Multiple Sclerosis, is modified myriocin which was isolated from Isaria sinclairii, the anamorph stage of Cordyceps sinclairii.".
- Cordyceps class Sordariomycetes.
- Cordyceps division Ascomycota.
- Cordyceps family Cordycipitaceae.
- Cordyceps kingdom Fungus.
- Cordyceps order Hypocreales.
- Cordyceps thumbnail 2010-08-06_Cordyceps_militaris_1.jpg?width=300.
- Cordyceps wikiPageExternalLink watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8.
- Cordyceps wikiPageExternalLink cordyceps.us.
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- Cordyceps wikiPageLength "12334".
- Cordyceps wikiPageOutDegree "67".
- Cordyceps wikiPageRevisionID "708151627".
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Arthropod.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Ascocarp.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Ascomycota.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Ascospore.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Ascus.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Bhutan.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Carl_Linnaeus.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Category:Cordyceps.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Category:Insects_as_food.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Category:Parasitic_fungi.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Category:Sordariomycetes_genera.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink China.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Chinese_yuan.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Ciclosporin.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Cordycepin.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Cordyceps_militaris.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Cordycipitaceae.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Elias_Magnus_Fries.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Entomopathogenic_fungus.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Fingolimod.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Fungus.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Genus.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Greek_language.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Hypocreales.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Immunosuppressive_drug.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink In_vitro.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Insect.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Isaria_sinclairii.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Japan.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Korea.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Latin.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Medicinal_fungi.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Multiple_sclerosis.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Mycelium.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Myriocin.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Nepal.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Nuclear_DNA.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Ophiocordyceps_sinensis.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Ophiocordyceps_unilateralis.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Ophiocordycipitaceae.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Organ_transplantation.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Parasitoid.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Pharmacology.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Polysaccharide.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Seahorse.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Silkie.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Sordariomycetes.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Sphingolipid.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Teleomorph,_anamorph_and_holomorph.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Thailand.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Tibetan_Plateau.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Tolypocladium_inflatum.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Traditional_Chinese_medicine.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Traditional_Tibetan_medicine.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Transplant_rejection.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink Vietnam.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLink File:Cordycepin.svg.
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLinkText "''Cordyceps sphecocephala''".
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLinkText "Cordyceps sinensis".
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLinkText "Cordyceps".
- Cordyceps wikiPageWikiLinkText "cordyceps".
- Cordyceps classis Sordariomycetes.
- Cordyceps divisio Ascomycota.
- Cordyceps familia Cordycipitaceae.
- Cordyceps genus "Cordyceps".
- Cordyceps genusAuthority Elias_Magnus_Fries.
- Cordyceps imageCaption "Cordyceps militaris".
- Cordyceps ordo Hypocreales.
- Cordyceps regnum Fungus.
- Cordyceps subdivision "about 400".
- Cordyceps subdivisionRanks "Species".
- Cordyceps typeSpecies "Cordyceps militaris".
- Cordyceps typeSpeciesAuthority "Fr.".
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- Cordyceps subject Category:Cordyceps.
- Cordyceps subject Category:Insects_as_food.
- Cordyceps subject Category:Parasitic_fungi.
- Cordyceps subject Category:Sordariomycetes_genera.
- Cordyceps hypernym Fungi.
- Cordyceps type Eukaryote.
- Cordyceps type Fungus.