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Cordyceps
Medical Definition: | A genus of ascomycetous fungi (ASCOMYCOTA), family Clavicipitaceae, order HYPOCREALES, that grows by infecting insect larvae or mature insects with spores that germinate often before the cocoon is formed. |
Also Called: | Cordyceps militaris,Cordyceps sinensis |
Previously Indexed: | Ascomycota (1968-2002) |
Cordyceps Medical Definitions and Terms
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