{"id":87311,"date":"2020-07-14T18:56:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=16366"},"modified":"2020-07-14T18:56:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T13:26:44","slug":"overharvesting-turns-himalayan-viagra-into-a-vulnerable-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/overharvesting-turns-himalayan-viagra-into-a-vulnerable-species\/","title":{"rendered":"Overharvesting turns \u2018Himalayan viagra\u2019 into a \u2018vulnerable\u2019 species"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The world\u2019s costliest fungus, Ophiocordyceps sinensis also known as Himalayan Viagra has entered the International Union for Conservation of Nature\u2019s(IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/ycZtWXxvcr_x-cOEYvnmTAMw5gTk3YjlpsfxabgkkV0-wJPDP4IUN5gjFNXA-OBALAVXsUIMfpPFQl9skQIJcd1iO5vsCEANtOYK-dZErQK327CuQ-f2mR4aaOMvYpUGAk9Dh6JC\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Ophiocordyceps sinensis: <\/strong>It<strong> <\/strong>is a caterpillar fungus endemic to the Himalayan and Tibetan plateau and found in China, Bhutan, Nepal and India.&nbsp;<ul><li>In India, it is primarily found in Uttarakhand in the higher reaches of districts ke Pithoragarh and Chamoli.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Other Names: <\/strong>It is locally known as Kira Jari (in India), Yartsagunbu (in Tibet) and Yarsagumba (in Nepal).<\/li><li><strong>Significance: <\/strong>It is used as a tonic and a therapeutic medicine in Tibet and China.In recent times, it has also been widely traded as an aphrodisiac.<\/li><li><strong>Conservation Status: <\/strong>It has been listed under the \u2018vulnerable category\u2019 as per IUCN Red List.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The world\u2019s costliest fungus, Ophiocordyceps sinensis also known as Himalayan Viagra has entered the International Union for Conservation of Nature\u2019s(IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Facts: Ophiocordyceps sinensis: It is a caterpillar fungus endemic to the Himalayan and Tibetan plateau and found in China, Bhutan, Nepal and India.&nbsp; In India, it is primarily found&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/overharvesting-turns-himalayan-viagra-into-a-vulnerable-species\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Overharvesting turns \u2018Himalayan viagra\u2019 into a \u2018vulnerable\u2019 species<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9326,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[5058],"class_list":["post-87311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-himalayan-viagra","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704784263},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}