In the bamboo forests of the south,
cicada larvae feed on the sap of bamboo roots.

Cordyceps cicadae -
commonly known as
the Golden Cicada Blossom in Chinese,
grows parasitically within the body of a cicada.
drawing the essence of the bamboo forest through its host,
until it becomes a blossom of the forest itself. -

June 2020, Zhejiang