“Himalayan Viagra” — the World’s Costliest Fungus — Is Added to IUCN Red List
This week Shivani Azad reported in Times of India that the “world’s costliest fungus,” Ophiocordyceps sinensis, was placed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species as a “vulnerable” species. The fungus, better known as “Himalayan Viagra,” yields profits on the global market between $5 billion and $11 billion — in traditional Chinese medicine, it is a panacea for a wide variety of medical issues, including as an aid to sexual performance.
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