Yarsa gunbu, a type of cordyceps or caterpillar fungi (Ophiocordyceps sinensis), are found only in high-altitude grasslands of the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau. | Rosino, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, via Flickr.

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