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Rich people paying $136K per pound for sex mushrooms grown from dead moths

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 13, 2025
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"Himalayan Viagra" — Cordyceps sinensis (bob.leccinum.Robert Kozak/shutterstock.com)

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. As Bloomberg B…

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