Rich people paying $136K per pound for sex mushrooms grown from dead moths
A mushroom dubbed "Himalayan Viagra" sells for $136,000 per pound in Beijing. By comparison, a pound of gold costs $41,824. The fungus, cordyceps sinensis, grows from dead moth larvae in the Himalayas and has been part of traditional medicine for centuries. — Read the rest The post Rich people paying $136K per pound for sex mushrooms grown from dead moths appeared first on Boing Boing.


A mushroom dubbed "Himalayan Viagra" sells for $136,000 per pound in Beijing. By comparison, a pound of gold costs $41,824.
The fungus, cordyceps sinensis, grows from dead moth larvae in the Himalayas and has been part of traditional medicine for centuries. — Read the rest
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