Cordyceps mushrooms that sprouted out of Japanese rhinoceros beetles were the most rich in the cordycepin compound, which had nearly 100 times more cordycepin than those grown out of brown rice.

Cordyceps mushrooms, which are rare in the wild and challenging to cultivate but have strong therapeutic potential, can be successfully grown on edible insects “Cordycepin is one of the ...

Sneaky chemistry by a real-life “Last of Us” Cordyceps fungus mind controls its zombie insect victims by convincing them they’re starving.

Can cordyceps infect humans? In "The Last of Us," cordyceps — a real fungus that infects insects — evolves into a harmful pathogen for humans due to a warming climate.

It's the real-life horror story of a flesh-eating, brain-warping fungus from the genus Cordyceps, ... While the fungus has been cultivated for about 40 years, naturally growing, ...