caterpillar fungus 冬蟲夏草

caterpillar fungus
繁：冬蟲夏草
简：冬虫夏草

中國人相信冬蟲夏草補腎益肺，是珍貴的中藥材，貴價的冬蟲夏草隨時比黃金更值錢，這些需求過去幾十年更養活了一批尼泊爾的喜馬拉雅居民，但近年因氣候暖化，山上天氣驟變，冬蟲夏草採收量大減90%。

【愛地球】強國豪買挖到盡 高山冬蟲夏草採收量大跌90%（2017年8月6日）。蘋果日報，取自 http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/international/20170806/57007289

Caterpillar fungus, more valuable by weight than gold and famous for its extensive medicinal use in China for thousands of years, is vanishing and may not be available in 10 years’ time, according to a recent study supported by the National Geographic Society.

Parasitic caterpillar fungus in decline. (2013, March 23). South China Morning Post. Retrieved from http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health/article/1197235/parasitic-caterpillar-fungus-decline