Copy-pasting from Wiki... Value According to Daniel Winkler, the price of Cordyceps sinensis has risen dramatically on the Tibetan Plateau<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau>, basically 900% between 1998 and 2008, an annual average of over 20%. However, the value of big-sized caterpillar fungus has increased more dramatically than smaller size Cordyceps, regarded as lower quality.[19]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps#cite_note-Winkler2008-18> Year % Price increase Price/kg (Yuan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_yuan> ) 1980s 1,800 1997 467% (incl. inflation) 8,400 2004 429% (incl. inflation) 36,000 2005 10,000–60,000
According to *Modern Marvels <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Marvels>*, a show on the History Channel <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Channel>, mushroom hunters in Nepal can earn 900 dollars for an ounce of cordyceps.[1]<http://www.alohamedicinals.com/research.htm> The high value of cordyceps was evidently the reason it was one of only two Chinese traditional medicines to be stolen in a brazen theft in British Columbia. The stolen cordyceps has been estimated to have been worth Can $38,000. Note: 6.4 Chinese Yuan = 1 USD <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordyceps#cite_note-19> Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Ritesh Choudhary <ritesh....@gmail.com>wrote: > Wow.... > > Thanks for sharing your pics dear Pankaj! > > Cant believe the price in Hong Kong! Anyway...send me some packets > when you'll shift there ;-) > > Regards, > Ritesh.
