The Conservation Crisis of Ophiocordyceps sinensis: Strategies, Challenges, and Sustainable Future of Artificial Cultivation
Zhoujian He, Meng Ye, Huaxue Wu, Dan Liang, Jie Huan, Yuan Yao, Xinyue Wu, Xiaomei Luo, Lei Cai · 2025
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Zhoujian He and co-authors review a prized medicinal fungus in danger in a 2025 paper. Ophiocordyceps sinensis is valued in traditional Asian medicine. Climate change and overharvesting have pushed it toward critical endangerment. Growing it in controlled settings may meet demand and ease pressure on wild stocks.
The review weighs two paths. Lab fermentation scales well but gives a chemical profile unlike the wild fungus. Growing it in a live host gives closer form and chemistry, yet host rearing is hard and infection rates stay low. The authors map those bottlenecks and sketch a path to lasting production.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Zhoujian He, Meng Ye, Huaxue Wu, Dan Liang, Jie Huan, Yuan Yao, Xinyue Wu, Xiaomei Luo, Lei Cai |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 48 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |