冬虫夏草,其名最初见于1757年中国吴仪洛的《本草从新》,在世界上影响很大,人们对冬虫夏草神秘不可测的形态特征和生活习性都很有兴趣,便进行了仔细观察和研究。正如徐昆《柳崖外篇》所记:“冬虫夏草,一物也,冬则危虫,夏则危草……”。“冬虫夏草名符实,变化生成一气通。一物竟能兼动植,世间物理信无穷”。这是《聊斋志异外集》寄叹冬虫夏草的一首诗,颇能代表明、清间内地人对这种奇异生物的看法。1842年,经过伯克利(Berkeley)的研究, Cordyceps sinensis, whose name was first found in “Chinese Materia Medica” by Wu Yiluo of China in 1757, has a great impact on the world. People are very interested in the mysterious and unpredictable morphological characteristics and living habits of Cordyceps sinensis, and have conducted careful observation and research. As Xu Kun “Liu Ya Wai Pian” mind: “Cordyceps sinensis, a thing also, winter is a worm, summer is dangerous ... ...”. “Cordyceps sinensis name real, changes produce a pass .A thing can and animal and plant, the world’s physical letter infinity ”. This is “Strange Tales of Liaozhai” set foot in a poem Cordyceps sinensis, quite representative of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the mainland people on this strange creature’s view. In 1842, after Berkeley’s study,