The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature by David George Haskell

Author:David George Haskell
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781101561065
Publisher: Viking

From my prostrate position, I see hundreds of small cups and mushrooms spread across the surface of the mandala’s leaf litter. Every decaying twig has one or more clusters of colored cups. Tiny brown mushrooms crown most of the dead leaves. That so many species and individuals could suddenly appear from a forest floor that I have gazed at for months is a reminder of how much of the forest’s life is invisible to us, even with close observation. But unseen does not mean unimportant: these are the engines of decay, keeping nutrients and energy moving through the forest ecosystem. The lush summer productivity of this forest depends on the vitality of the underground fungal network.

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