僵虫
English translation: mummified caterpillar
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| 3 +1 | stalks |
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| 3 | worm's carcass |
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| 3 | FYI 僵虫体(即菌核) |
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worm's carcass Explanation: Backstage@NOTW... ran it except The Times of London (and, allegedly, the ABC-TV affiliate in Phoenix): The Mayo Clinic hospital surgically removed a worm's carcass from the ... newsoftheweird.com/backstage/back010416.html - 43k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages Journal Archives... hole not far from the party, a stream of large eyeless bats, the obvious source of the whining sound, emerge and make straight for the purple worm carcass. ... gravatthawk.wilypueo.com/JournalArchives.htm |
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peer agreement (net): +1stalks Explanation: From the excerpt below, it seems that 僵虫 refers to the "stalks" which become visible after snow melt. "At the beginning of autumn, the Cordyceps fungus releases its spores and invades the active Hepialus caterpillars. The fungus slowly eats away the tissues of the hibernating caterpillar throughout winter, filling them up with long filaments (hyphae). By spring, the fungus would have sprouted a long stalk of fruiting body (stromata) that produces spores in the dead caterpillar. The stalks are revealed when the snow melts." -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 17 hrs (2006-03-09 01:21:03 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- I hope you got my email ok. Here's a better website: http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1747757 It seems that this can also be called the mushroom, which emerges from the head of the mummified caterpillar (also 僵虫?!). I hope this helps. Reference: http://www.timesoftibet.com/articles/320/1/Summer-Grass,-Win... |
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FYI 僵虫体(即菌核) Explanation: 冬虫夏草 - [ Translate this page ]僵虫体(即菌核)的分离：分离前，用水刷洗干净主体表面，再用无菌水清洗2一3次；用0.1% 一0.2%的升汞溶液，对分离材料进行约3 ... 寄主为春夏季林地上或树皮缝内的夜蛾科虫 蛹，子座单生，从寄生虫体顶端长出，状似垒于棒，长0.8-3cm，橙黄色，药效与亚香棒 ... www.czcx.heagri.gov.cn/default3.aspx?id=1758 - 44k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days16 hrs (2006-03-12 00:20:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 第2章微生物主要类群及其形态与结构- 食品微生物精品课程 - [ Translate this page ]在电镜下观察能看到鞭毛起源于细胞质膜内侧，细胞质区内一个颗粒状小体，此小体称为 基粒 （basal body）。 ... (10) 虫草属（Cordyceps） 虫草属真菌寄生于昆虫，把虫体 变成充满菌丝的僵虫，从僵虫前端生出有柄头状或棍棒状的子座（图2-45）。 ... course.tjac.edu.cn/kqx/show.aspx?id=81&cid=7 - 151k - Supplemental Result - Cached - Similar pages -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days16 hrs (2006-03-12 00:26:20 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- see 'vegetable caterpillar''fruiting body': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Cordyceps -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 days19 hrs (2006-03-12 03:09:57 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Vegetable caterpillar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Wikipedia:Cordyceps) Jump to: navigation, search Vegetable caterpillars are the result of infection of large underground caterpillars by a fungus of the genus Cordyceps. Species of Cordyceps are found throughout Eurasia and Australia, with centres of diversity in eastern Asia. It is not certain how the fungus infects the caterpillar, possibly by the caterpillar ingesting a fungal spore or by the fungus mycelium invading the insect through one of its breathing pores. Once inside, the fungus mycelium ramifies through the host tissue, eventually completely consuming it and replacing the caterpillar body with fungal tissue. At this stage, the fungus grows a usually columnar fruiting body that reaches the surface and releases spores. Vegetable caterpillars have long been valued as traditional Chinese medicine , being regarded as having an excellent balance of yin and yang (through being apparently both animal and vegetable). Assays have found that Cordyceps species produce many pharmacologically active substances. They are now cultivated on an industrial scale for their medicinal value. The search for Cordyceps sinensis poses a threat for the Tibetan plateau where it grows. The fungus is so popular because two female Chinese athletes (Wang Junxia and Qu Yunxia) beat the world records for 1500, 3000 and 10000 meters. Their coach said this fungus -that is already known for 2000 years- helped the athletes. The fungus infects the caterpillars of ghost moths (Thitarodes). |
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