Yarshagumba (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) collection at Sankhuwa seer (यार्सा गुम्बा संकलन)

Описание: Ophiocordyceps sinensis is a fungus that parasitizes larvae of ghost moths and produces a fruiting body valued as an herbal remedy found in mountainous regions of India, Nepal and Tibet.
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The fungus germinates in the living larva, kills and mummifies it, and then the stalk-like fruiting body emerges from the corpse. It is known in English colloquially as caterpillar fungus, or by its more prominent names Yartsa Gunbu (Tibetan: དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ་, Wylie: dbyar rtswa dgun 'bu, literally "winter worm, summer grass"), or Dōng chóng xià cǎo (Chinese: 冬虫夏草). Of the various entomopathogenic fungi,[ Nepali यार्चागुन्बू, yarshagumba, yarchagumba or yarsagumba.] Ophiocordyceps sinensis is one that has been used for at least 2000 years for its reputed abilities to treat many diseases related to lungs, kidney, and erectile dysfunction. This fungus is not yet cultivated commercially, despite the fact that several fermentable strains of Ophiocordyceps sinensis have been isolated by Chinese scientists. Overharvesting and overexploitation have led to the classification of O. sinensis as an endangered species in China. Additional research needs to be carried out in order to understand its morphology and growth habits for conservation and optimum utilization.
O. sinensis is known in the West as a medicinal mushroom, and its use has a long history in Traditional Chinese medicine as well as Traditional Tibetan medicine. The hand-collected, intact fungus-caterpillar body is valued by herbalists and as a status symbol; it is used as an aphrodisiac and treatment for ailments such as fatigue and cancer, although such use is validated mainly by traditional Chinese medicine and anecdote, and evidenced-based research into its efficacy is lacking.
The caterpillars prone to infection by O. sinensis generally live 15 cm (5.9 in) underground in alpine grass and shrub-lands on the Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas at an altitude between 3,000 and 5,000 m (9,800 and 16,400 ft). The fungus is reported from the northern range of Nepal, Bhutan, and also from the northern states of India, apart from northern Yunnan, eastern Qinghai, eastern Tibet, western Sichuan, southwestern Gansu provinces.
यार्सा गुम्बा
यार्सा गुम्बा (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) एक बहुमुल्य जडिबुटि हो । लामा भाषामा यार्साको अर्थ आधाजीव र गुम्बाको अर्थ आधा विरूवा वा बुटी (हर्बस्भ) हुन्छ । विश्वमा अहिले सम्म Cordyceps वर्गमा पर्ने ढुसीहरू (sac fungus)का ६८० भन्दा बढी प्रजातीहरू पत्ता लागेका छन् । यी मध्ये सबैभन्दा परिचित ढुसी यार्चागुम्बालाई अंग्रेजीमा Caterpillar fungus भनिन्छ । यसको बैज्ञानिक नाम Cordyceps Sinensis हो । ल्याटीन शब्दहरू cord "club", ceps "head" र चिनीयाँ भन्ने अर्थमा sinensisबाट यसको वैज्ञानिक नाम Cordyceps Sinensis राखिएको हो । यार्सागुम्बा नेपाल र तिब्बतको हिमाली भागमा पाईने एक प्रकारको बहुमुल्य जडीबुटी हो । यो समुन्द्र सतहबाट ३,००० मीटर देखी ६,००० मीटरको उचाईमा पाइन्छ । यसलाई तिब्बती भाषामा यार्साकुन्भु तथा यार्सागुन्बु भनिन्छ । जसमा 'यार'को अर्थ बर्षा,'सा'को अर्थ घाँस र 'कुन्भु'को अर्थ हिउँदे किरा अर्थात बर्षामा घाँस र हिउँदमा किरा भन्ने बुझिन्छ । यार्सागुम्बा एक प्रकारको झुसिलकिराको टाउकोबाट ढुसी उम्रिएर बन्दछ । हिमाली भेगमा हिउँद सकिएपछि बैशाख तिर हिउँ पग्लन्छ र बिरुवाहरू उम्रिएर फूल फूल्न शुरु गर्छ, त्यही समयमा पुतलीहरूले फुल पार्न थाल्छन । सोहि पुतलिको लार्भा अवस्थामा रहेको झुसिलकिरा जमीन मुनि पुग्छ र उक्त झुसिलकिराको टाउकोमा ढुसी उम्रन्छ । यसको जमीन माथिको ढुसी च्याउ खैरो रंगको र जमीन मुनिको भाग पंहेलो रंगको हुन्छ । जमीन मुनिको भाग ४ मि. मि. मोटो र ४ से. मि. जति लामो तथा माथीको भाग मसिनो ५-६ से. मि. जति लामो हुन्छ ।
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