Most of them parasitize (winter) insects and produce fruiting bodies (summer) on the carcass of insects that become hosts. A fruiting body has two parts, a head and a stem, and bulges into a spherical, spindle-shaped, spatula-shaped, etc., and forms a number of ascomyx on the surface or under the epidermis.
Cordycepin, adenosine, mannitol, B1B2, medium polysaccharide, ergosterol, melitonin, serine, glycine, etc.
Mushrooms belonging to the Hericiaceae family, the Hericium, have a hemispherical fruiting body with a diameter of 5 to 25 cm, and are hung on the trunk of a broadleaf tree in the fall in a lump shape. Artificial cultivation is possible.
11 trace metal elements and germanium, 9-10-dihydroxy-8-12-octadecenoic acid, chitin, heteroxyloglucan, glucoxylan protein, glucoxylan, xylene, lectin, erinacin A, B ,C,D, Helicenon A,B,C,D,E,F,G, Helicerin
