caterpillar fungus

noun4

1. •
   Certain fungi which parasitize various caterpillars
2. •
   especially, species Ophiocordyceps sinensis, indigenous to the Tibetan plateau.
3. •
   fungi of closely related species in genera Ophiocordyceps and Cordyceps, both in order Hypocreales.
4. •
   The O. sinensis fungus and host caterpillar body used in traditional Chinese medicine.