The hell with truffles - I'll have some Yartsa Gunbu

NOTE: The matchstick is for comparison, not for eating nor to be hunted in the wilds of the Himalayas

The most expensive fungus in the world isn’t any truffle or Mattake mushroom, it is a dead caterpillar fungus that grows in the Himalayas. They go for 50,000 USD a pound; compare that to the most expensive truffles which sell for up to 8,000 USD a pound. This expensive fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis) is called yartsa gunbu, which aside from sounding like a character in Star Wars, means “summer grass, winter worm” in Tibetan. They are prized as an aphrodisiac and status symbol.

More of this expensive fungus at:

https://www.zmescience.com/medicine/alternative-medicine-medicine/expensive-fungus-world-dead-caterpillar-sells-50000-usd-pound/