Fantastic !! Tanay On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Really interesting...I think it is one of the costliest medicinal raw drugs > in India... > > Regards > > Vijayasankar Raman > National Center for Natural Products Research > University of Mississippi > > > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:33 PM, Ritesh Kumar Choudhary < > ritesh....@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> Dear all, >> >> Sharing the photographs of Cordyceps sinensis (popularly known as >> Caterpillar fungus). >> >> Loc.: Collected from a local seller at Itanagar in 2008. Occurrence of >> this plant is evident in Tawang area (ca 3000msl) of Arunachal Pradesh. >> >> Notes: >> 1. An entomopathogenic fungi (an Ascomycete fungi which grows in >> association with insects or arthropods). >> 2. A traditional Chinese medicine which has proved qualities of an >> anti-cancer agent, immunity booster, hepatic-protective agent and many more. >> >> Hope you'll find it interesting. >> >> Regards, >> Ritesh. >> >> >> >> > -- *Tanay Bose* Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. Department of Botany. University of British Columbia . 3529-6270 University Blvd. Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) ta...@interchange.ubc.ca *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/