Can anyone suggest me how to buy the fresh spores of Cordyceps sinensis and C. militaris fungi?Or please let me know any lab which is working with these fungi?
I am very interested in these species, since they are high value for medicine.
Thank you in advanced.
Dr. John Holliday is the world's largest producer with the best quality including DNA verification. See http://www.alohamedicinals.com/
Thank you Temu and Michael.
If I am not wrong, Aloha just sells the extraction products from those mushroom, not the fresh spore.
Taken from their site is this quote,
"For all of you formulators - Aloha Medicinals also offers bulk powder ingredients for use in your formulations, which are 100% USDA and EU Certified Organic. Call our customer service representative at (775) 886-6300 for more information and to place your order today!"
Might be worth a phone call.
American Type Culture Collection carries Cordyceps militaris, but for Ophiocordyceps sinensis (syn. C. sinensis) you would need seek a source in China, Japan, or Taiwan. Few have managed to grow the perfect form from mycelia. In fact, most of what is sold in commerce as dietary supplements labeled "Cordyceps sinensis", such as CS-4 and others, are different species of fungi isolated from the fruiting body of the genuine article. As such, they are incorrectly named and labeled and therefore do meet the requirements of the U.S. F.D.A.
A method for distinguishing authentic Ophiocordyceps sinensis from adulterants may be at hand: Wong YL, Wong KL, Shaw PC. Rapid authentication of Cordyceps by lateral flow dipstick. J Pharm Biomed Anal. 2015 July 10;111:306-310. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2591905. See also: Liu ZQ, Lin S, Baker PJ, et al. BMC Genomics. 2015;16:106. doi: 10.1186/s12864-015-1269-y.
An account of the first successful culture of Hirsutella sinensis, the true anamorph of Ophiocordyceps sinensis, was related to me in confidence many years ago. What I can reveal today is that the first attempts to culture the anamorph after transporting the fungus from its natural habitat located at high altitude to the laboratory at sea level resulted in failure. A second attempt using a portable refrigeration unit was also a failure. Only when both the temperature and atmospheric pressure of the transportation unit matched those of the area in which the fungus was harvested were researchers able to successfully isolate and culture H. sinensis.
i am working on it now. At our location Central Kalimantan Indonesia we have many of C, militaris infected on lavae and pupa of Setora nitens (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae)
Dear All,
Could any one tell me who will provide the tissue culture in India for cordycep for production.
Dear Dr,
I am working on cordyceps militaristic. At present I have four different strains of cordyceps militaristic. If you required I can supply you
Thanking you
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