The invention discloses a method for quickly identifying true and false 
cordyceps mycelia. The method comprises the following steps of: (1) tabletting and scanning a 
potassium bromide blank film to obtain a standard sample spectrum; (2) tabletting and scanning a sample, namely accurately weighing the 
cordyceps mycelium which is crushed and screened via a 80-meshe 
sieve and fine 
potassium bromide powder, 
grinding and uniformly mixing the two 
powder, uniformly laying the mixed 
powder in a pressure membrane, and pressurizing the mixed powder for 1 min so as to obtain a sample sheet, and carrying out Sample scanning on the pressed sample sheet into a fourier 
infrared spectrometer scanning chamber, thus obtaining a 
cordyceps mycelium sample spectrum; and (3) comparing the similarity of the cordyceps 
mycelium sample spectrum and a standard sample spectrum, wherein the criterion is that the similarity of the cordyceps mycelia is higher than 0.95. The method disclosed by the invention can be used for quickly identifying the true and false cordyceps mycelia on the basis of the difference of 
spectral absorption of the cordyceps mycelium; the detection is fast, samples are not damaged, and the use quantity of the cordyceps mycelia is little; and the samples are subjected to 
full wave infrared spectrum scanning, so that the information of the samples is complete.