Cordyceps flower price per jin in 2017 and photos of the fresh cultivated appearance

“Cordyceps flower” is not actually a flower; it is essentially the fruiting body of Cordyceps, not the fruiting body of Chinese caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis). So how much did Cordyceps flower cost per jin in 2017? What does fresh cultivated Cordyceps flower look like? What effects and functions does it have? Cordyceps flower looks very similar to common edible mushrooms such as shiitake and oyster mushrooms; only the strain, growing environment and growing conditions differ. To distinguish it from Chinese caterpillar fungus, merchants gave it a beautiful name and called it “Cordyceps flower”. The most notable feature of Cordyceps flower in appearance is that it has no “worm body”, only orange or yellow “grass”.

I. The price of Cordyceps flower

1. By appearance, Cordyceps flower can generally be divided into pointed grass, round-headed grass, small spore head, large spore head, with pupa grass and thick grass. Among these, pointed grass and round-headed grass are relatively popular, with prices between 45 and 70 yuan; small spore head is generally above 80 yuan, large spore head is above 120 yuan, with pupa is generally above 180 yuan, and thick grass is between 60 and 90 yuan.

2. By growing medium, it can also be divided into rice grass, wheat grass and pupa grass. Currently the market is dominated by wheat grass. If rice is used, the price is correspondingly about 20 yuan more expensive, and pupa grass is about 200 yuan more expensive (pupa grass without pupae).

3. By grade, it can also be divided into miscellaneous grass, loose grass and arranged grass. Miscellaneous grass is generally below 30 yuan, and if it still has growing medium attached, it is even cheaper; loose grass is the ordinary grade harvested and dried; if it is arranged neatly, it is called arranged grass, generally costing 10 yuan more in labor.

4. All of the above are purchase prices from farmers. Market prices fluctuate differently according to market demand. If you come across some very cheap Cordyceps flower, it is advisable to buy less, because many merchants like to buy miscellaneous grass and mix it in; it is all Cordyceps flower, but it saves them a lot of cost. Some also mix in grass from the previous year, and what is worse, some are dyed very brightly with pigment, making them very unsafe.

Therefore, when buying Cordyceps flower, pay attention to the following points:

A. The appearance should be relatively neat, and some broken grass is allowed.

B. If there is a large amount of black in the color, it is generally from the previous year.

C. Put the grass in the sun for one or two days. If it can turn white, it means it is good grass; if the color does not change, it may be dyed.

5. Prices of Cordyceps flower in various places in 2017

1) Shanghai

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Shanghai Xijiao International Agricultural Products Trading Center is 18.00 yuan/kg.

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Jiangqiao Wholesale Market in Jiading District, Shanghai is 20.00 yuan/kg.

2) Shandong

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Chengyang Vegetable Wholesale Market in Qingdao, Shandong is 19.40 yuan/kg.

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Hongjialou Qilipu Vegetable Market in Licheng District, Jinan, Shandong is 20.00 yuan/kg.

3) Anhui

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Zhougudui Agricultural Products Wholesale Market in Hefei, Anhui is 20.00 yuan/kg.

4) Yunnan

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Beiyuan Agricultural Products Market in Kunming, Yunnan is 30.00 yuan/kg.

5) Beijing

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Beijing Central Agricultural Products Wholesale Market is 11.50 yuan/kg.

The price of grade-one fresh goods at Dayanglu Agricultural Products Wholesale Market in Chaoyang District, Beijing is 20.00 yuan/kg, and the price of grade-two fresh goods is 16.00 yuan/kg.

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Fengtai Central Agricultural Products Wholesale Market in Beijing is 13.00 yuan/kg.

6) Hubei

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Baishazhou Agricultural and Sideline Products Grand Market in Wuhan is 20.00 yuan/kg.

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Lianghu Vegetable Wholesale Grand Market in Jingzhou City, Hubei Province is 18.00 yuan/kg.

7) Liaoning

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Jinfa Di Agricultural Wholesale Market in Jinzhou District, Dalian City is 16.00 yuan/kg.

8) Hunan

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Mawangdui Agricultural Wholesale Market in Changsha, Hunan is 20.00-22.00 yuan/kg.

9) Heilongjiang

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Hada Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market in Harbin, Heilongjiang is 14.00 yuan/kg.

10) Guizhou

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at the Mushroom Trading Market of Dili Agricultural Products Logistics Park in Guiyang, Guizhou is 20.00 yuan/kg.

11) Guangdong

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Shenzhen Haijixing Agricultural Wholesale Market in Guangdong is 20.00 yuan/kg.

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Zengcha Road Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market in Baiyun District, Guangzhou is 17.00 yuan/kg.

12) Sichuan

The price of dried mixed-grade goods at Wukuaishi Agricultural and Sideline Products Wholesale Market in Chengdu, Sichuan is 58.00-62.00 yuan/kg.

13) Zhejiang

The price of grade-one fresh goods at Liangzhu Wholesale Market in Hangzhou, Zhejiang is 22.00 yuan/kg, and the price of grade-two fresh goods is 20.00 yuan/kg.

14) Jilin

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Changchun Vegetable Wholesale Market in Jilin is 20.00 yuan/kg.

15) Shanxi

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Hexi Agricultural and Sideline Products Market in Taiyuan City, Shanxi is 14.40 yuan/kg.

16) Chongqing

The price of fresh mixed-grade goods at Ejingguan Xin Daxing Agricultural and Sideline Products Market in Fuling District, Chongqing City is 20.00 yuan/kg.

II. Effects and functions of Cordyceps flower

1. Effects of Cordyceps flower

Nature neutral and warm, flavor sweet; it enters the lung and kidney meridians.

Cordyceps flower has the effects of benefiting the liver and kidneys, replenishing essence marrow, stopping bleeding and resolving phlegm. It is mainly used as auxiliary treatment for dizziness and tinnitus, forgetfulness and insomnia, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, impotence and premature ejaculation, and chronic cough with deficiency panting.

2. Functions of Cordyceps flower

1) Cordyceps flower can calm panting and stop cough. For people prone to dry cough in autumn, Cordyceps flower can be used to make soup, which can moisten the throat and is helpful for emphysema and bronchitis.

2) Cordyceps flower has the effects of strengthening yang and tonifying the kidneys, enhancing physical strength and energy, and has a good effect on restoring mental clarity and improving brain memory.

3) A “good medicine” for improving cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, because Cordyceps flower can lower blood pressure and lower intracranial pressure, and at the same time has a relieving effect on symptoms such as cerebral thrombosis, coronary heart disease and numbness of the hands and feet.

4) Cordyceps flower has anti-inflammatory and sterilizing effects. It has obvious curative effects in antibacterial and anti-inflammatory action.

5) Taking Cordyceps flower can moisturize the skin and protect it, with a good cosmetic effect, especially rapidly eliminating “butterfly” spots.

6) Taking Cordyceps flower can regulate the human endocrine system and has an anti-aging effect.

7) Taking Cordyceps flower can resist hypoxia and fatigue and improve athletic ability.

8) Cordyceps flower can be used to treat chronic cough with deficiency panting, consumptive cough with blood-streaked sputum, impotence and seminal emission, soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, and other conditions.

9) Cordyceps flower can be used to treat symptoms such as dizziness and tinnitus, insomnia with many dreams at night, and inability to sleep.

10) Cordycepin in Cordyceps flower has a strong inhibitory effect on human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (KD) cells. Clinically, cordycepin is mostly used as auxiliary treatment for malignant tumors, and more than 91.7% of cases showed improvement in symptoms; it is mainly used for patients with nasal cancer, pharyngeal cancer, lung cancer, leukemia, brain cancer and other malignant tumors.

11) Cordyceps flower can comprehensively regulate the internal environment of the human body, enhance the function of macrophages in the body, and has a certain effect on strengthening and regulating human immune function and improving the body's disease resistance.