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Since Aphrodisiology wrote about Cordyceps about a year ago, there have been a number of curious stories coming out of China and Tibet. The demand (and high price) for this aphrodisiac fungus has led to an economic boom in parts of the Himalayas, with a gold-rush mentality and all the problems that go with it.
The executive synopsis: The wild cordyceps can be worth as much as gold, although typically it is worth only a thousand dollars a pound. Villages are waging gun battles with each other over who can harvest where. Large groups of Cordyceps hunters were trapped in a freak blizzard this spring, and an unknown number of people froze to death. China is using Cordyceps profits to fuel economic development (and Beijing's control over Tibet), while independence groups and thugs are using their fungal profits to buy weapons.
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