Wednesday, July 29, 2015

CORDYCEPS COLLECTORS NABBED - BHUTAN



The Park Officials had nabbed around 30 people involved in collecting cordyceps (Cordyceps militaris) illegally in Wangdue, central Bhutan. More than 100 Dangchups were found collecting in Lunana previous year. A cordyceps is genus of ascomycete fungi that includes about 400 species. All the species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods. Until now, the best known species of genus was Cordyceps sinensis.
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