Currently, a Taiwanese pound (600 grams) of the fungus fetches about NT $ 20,000. Some dealers have been known to weigh down larvae with lead or to mix in other similar larval fungae and starch.
目前市面上一台斤（六百公克）的冬蟲夏草價錢約在兩萬元左右，而一些不肖業者更在蟲體中串上鉛條增加重量，或是以別的蟲草及澱粉仿製的假蟲草來魚目混珠。