Subject: Re: Caterpillar fungus

From: [email-masked] (Matthew Sachs)
Date: 29 Sep 93 16:56:39 GMT

>There was an article on the news last night about
>caterpillar fungus. Apparently it is being used by
>Chinese athletes to boost their performance. 
>Sandor Ertz, Dept. Plant Sciences, Cambridge, UK
>email [email-masked]

In a 28 September 1993 New York Times article discussing the fantastic
advances made by the Chinese women distance runners, who are shattering all
the world records, their coach attributes their success to the use of this
fungus.

Matthew Sachs