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Cordyceps /ËkÉrdÉsÉps/ is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 400 species.All Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasitic on other fungi.rom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cordyceps /ËkÉrdÉsÉps/ is a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 400 species. All Cordyceps species are endoparasitoids, parasitic mainly on insects and other arthropods (they are thus entomopathogenic fungi); a few are parasitic on other fungi.
Cordyceps, as a mushroom, contains a variety of compounds including: 1  Cordycepin, seen as the main bioactive and also known as 3'-deoxyadenosine. 2  Ergosterol and Ergosterol palmitate. ' 3 Cordycepic Acid' which is just D-Mannitol, but some related compounds such as 3,4-O-isopropylidene-d-mannitol.