First of all, this phenomenon does exist in nature. There is a poem dedicated to Cordyceps sinensis in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio: "Cordyceps sinensis" has a real name, and change has created a harmonious relationship. One thing can be planted at the same time, and there is endless physical trust in the world. "
There are similar accounts abroad. More than 240 years ago, a man named Borabia was traveling in the suburb of Havana, Cuba. He witnessed a dead wasp with a meter-long "fine grass" on its abdomen. Visiting the local natives, it is said that a wasp flew in the dense forest and accidentally touched the leaves, so the wasp and the leaves fell into the soil together, and plant leaves would grow on the dead wasp, called "bee grass" or "plant bee".
Is Cordyceps sinensis really transformed as the natives say? It was not until the19th century that people discovered the truth about Cordyceps sinensis. For example.
In the snow line of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, there is a colorful and spotted butterfly. When winter comes, its larvae hibernate in wet and warm soil for the winter. However, this is not their ideal paradise, and they will be attacked by Cordyceps at any time. Once the mycelium of this fungus enters the worm, it will feed on the internal organs of the larvae and reproduce countless new hyphae. Some hyphae germinate outside the body surface and look like a bug covered with "white hair"
When the larva dies, the "internal organs" in the body cavity have been exhausted by hyphae, leaving only a shell wrapped by hyphae. Cordyceps cut off its food source, so it had to sleep and go into hibernation.
Forward in spring next year, it will be warm and sunny. A round stick, which is called "grass" by the ancients, will grow on the head of the larval corpse. However, it is not so much a "grass" as a "fruit" produced by mycelium. Fungologists call it an "ascocyst", which contains trillions of seeds-"ascospores".
This is the formation process of a discordant music-parasitic-Cordyceps sinensis in natural music.