蟲(chóng)草分很多種,分別有冬蟲(chóng)夏草、亞香棒蟲(chóng)草、涼山蟲(chóng)草、新疆蟲(chóng)草、分枝蟲(chóng)草、藿克蟲(chóng)草、蛹蟲(chóng)草、武夷山蟲(chóng)草、龍洞蟲(chóng)草、張家界蟲(chóng)草、大塔頂蟲(chóng)草、多殼蟲(chóng)草、柔柄蟲(chóng)草、下垂蟲(chóng)草、江西蟲(chóng)草、四川蟲(chóng)草、尖頭蟲(chóng)草、巴恩蟲(chóng)草、貴州蟲(chóng)草、赤水蟲(chóng)草、革翅目蟲(chóng)草、擬布班克蟲(chóng)草、珊瑚蟲(chóng)草、婁山蟲(chóng)草、鼠尾蟲(chóng)草、綠核蟲(chóng)草、澤地蟲(chóng)草、茂蘭蟲(chóng)草、布氏蟲(chóng)草、高雄山蟲(chóng)草[淡黃蛹蟲(chóng)草]、球頭蟲(chóng)草、金龜子蟲(chóng)草、螳螂蟲(chóng)草、沫蟬蟲(chóng)草、柄殼蟲(chóng)草、擬茂蘭蟲(chóng)草、細(xì)蟲(chóng)草[黑錘蟲(chóng)草]、發(fā)絲蟲(chóng)草、金針蟲(chóng)蟲(chóng)草、日本蟲(chóng)草、辛克萊蟲(chóng)草、喙殼蟲(chóng)草、擬暗綠蟲(chóng)草、峨眉蟲(chóng)草、粉被蟲(chóng)草、大邑蟲(chóng)草、叉尾蟲(chóng)草、桫欏蟲(chóng)草、蜻蜓蟲(chóng)草、蟻蟲(chóng)草、羅伯茨蟲(chóng)草、九州蟲(chóng)草、細(xì)柱蟲(chóng)草、戴氏蟲(chóng)草、變形蟲(chóng)草、稻子山蟲(chóng)草、雙梭孢蟲(chóng)草、古尼蟲(chóng)草等很多種，廣泛意義上的蟲(chóng)草，目前已發(fā)現(xiàn)有報(bào)道的四百多種。其中完全野生的冬蟲(chóng)夏草又被專業(yè)人士分為青海草(意思為青海省境內(nèi)出產(chǎn))、藏草(部分人士表述意思為西藏自治區(qū)境內(nèi)出產(chǎn))、川草(意思為四川省境內(nèi)出產(chǎn))、滇草、甘肅草、爐草、灌草等。