Earlier, I posted a photo of the Bird's Nest Fungus and promised five more. Here they are. I think an awareness of their ecological roles must be a major factor in my seeing them as beautiful. There are many elements of the natural environment that most people find ugly, but I think an understanding of the interdependence of all organisms would change that. I just helped my daughter finish a biology assignment dealing with this very topic, food chains, food webs the role of decomposers, and so on. The lesson came from a textbook, and I don't think she was very interested. While she was in school, I was walking in the woods and seeing this lesson in real life. What a difference! Brought back memories of days teaching when I was sometimes reprimanded for bringing kids outside.
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