Tibetans collecting Cordiceps sinensis on Wongi La. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Scope & Content:
'My coolies collected a curious Chinese medicine which thye sold at the rate of two for one copper cash; this was a dead caterpillar, out of whose head a sprout of green was growing . The scientific name is Cordyceps chinensis...' (China-Tibet-Assam, p. 46). Subjects = Bailey Collection