Cordyceps is one of the important and most special officinal fungi resources in China while its artificial cultivation, effective components, and pharmacodynamics and related studies have attracted scholars′ attention. Ophiocordyceps xuefengensis is a new cordyceps resource recently discovered in Mt. Xuefeng, Hunan Province. It has a close relationship with O. sinensis and was used in Dongkou County for cancer therapy, cough, and immunity boosting etc. Combined with the author′s own studies, the recent discovery of O. xuefengensis and the inv...
