Cordyceps species are diverse and grow worldwide from larval to adult stages of a range of insects. They are traditionally regarded as medicinal mushrooms in Asia for their immune-enhancing properties. Different species of Cordyceps are being cultivated in large scale to fulfill the demand of public consumption as supplementary health food or immune booster. Cultivation of Cordyceps fruiting bodies is a complex process and a controlled environment of temperature, light, humidity etc. along with appropriate medium is a prerequisite for regular, stable fruiting process. Besides environmental factors, recent molecular studies have shown the role of genetic factors that control normal fruiting body production of Cordyceps. Recent progress in our understanding of Cordyceps fruiting in laboratory condition is discussed with some prospect of better fruiting body production of Cordyceps spp. in future.

This study was carried out to set up proper moisture content of substrate and relative humidity during fruit-body induction and growing period in oyster mushroom. The proper moisture content for mycelium incubation of Suhanneutari1ho was 65∼ 70% and that of Chunchu neutari2ho was 70%. at that condition, it took 13 days to finish spawn running and the yield of Suhanneutari1ho and Chunchuneutari2 ho were 2.36kg/0.2㎡, 2.44kg/0.2㎡ respectively. The higher relative humidity in growing room, the less moisture content in substrate and the higher relative humidity in growing room, the more moisture content in fruit body during the growing period. In Chunchuneutari2 ho, when the volume of 5 per days was put on the bed and relative humidity was keep about 90%, the yield was 2.35kg/0.2㎡. In Suhanneutari1 ho, the water supply on the bed, when relative humidity was keep about 90%, the yield was 2.29kg/0.2㎡

전통적으로 Cordyceps종은 한국을 포함한 동양에서 건강증진과 심장과 폐에 관련된 질환을 치료하는 약용식물의 하나로 사용되어왔다. 최근에 동충하초의 약리적 가치 때문에 큰번데기 동충하초를 포함한 몇가지 Cordyceps종의 인공재배에 관한 연구가 활발하게 이루어지고 있다. 본 연구에서는 큰번데기 동충하초를 in vitro에서 인공재배한 결과 자실체 형성이 불안정한 것을 관찰하였기에 보고하고자 한다.