Organism
Cordyceps militaris
A genus of ascomycetous fungi (ascomycota), family Clavicipitaceae, order hypocreales, that grows by infecting insect larvae or mature insects with spores that germinate often before the cocoon is formed.
Cordyceps militaris, the cultivated fungus most cordyceps supplements contain. A different organism from Ophiocordyceps sinensis, the wild caterpillar fungus.
NCBITaxon:73501NCBI Taxonomy