| two new for science species of genus cordyceps fr. (ascomycetes) from indian himalaya. | two new species for science, cordyceps kurijimeaensis and c. nirtolii (clavicipitaceae, ascomycetes), collected from the forests of the munsyari region of the himalayan hills (uttarakhand state, india) are described and illustrated. c. kurijimeaensis has the same host, larvae of hepialus armoricanus, as does cordyceps (=ophiocordyceps) sinensis, and c. nirtolii was found on melanotus communis. morphology and other diagnostic characteristics show a close relationship between c. kurijimeaensis and ... | 2012 | 23510219 |
| a survey of the geographic distribution of ophiocordyceps sinensis. | ophiocordyceps sinensis is one of the best known fungi in traditional chinese medicine. many efforts have been devoted to locating the production areas of this species resulting in various reports; however, its geographic distribution remains incompletely understood. distribution of o. sinensis at the county level is clarified in this work based on both a literature search and fieldwork. more than 3600 publications related to o. sinensis were investigated, including scientific papers, books, and ... | 2011 | 22203553 |
| chemical screening and identification of high cordycepin containing cultured isolate(s) of medicinal chinese caterpillar mushroom, ophiocordyceps sinensis (berk.) g.h. sung et al. | forty isolates of ophiocordyceps sinensis collected from himalayan alpine meadows of uttarakhand, india, and cultivated on jhangora (echinochloa crusgalli) grains were screened to identify the isolate(s) of high cordycepin content. the cultured mycelia were extracted with 50% methanol-chloroform and analyzed by hptlc using chloroform:methanol (6:1 v/v) as mobile phase and densitometry scanning at 263 nm. cordycepin varied from 0.002% to 0.029% was detected in twenty-one isolates. compared to nat ... | 2011 | 22164762 |