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David Rust

@incredulis

Fungi, mycorrhiza, soil science, birds, deserts. pickleball. Cat dad. Past President, North American Mycological Assn. Co-founder Bay Area Mycological Society.

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Sorry. Just saying, whomever he picks, they'll vote for and confirm despite "concerns".

13.02.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Here come Jeanine Pirro! Or Pam Bondi.

12.02.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The article features several quotes by BAMS co-founder Debbie Viess. The photo below is our table display at the Tilden Park Fungus Fair January 31-February 1. We spoke with a LOT of people about poisonous mushrooms. Sculpture of deadly Amanita phalloides by Kim Ford of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

11.02.2026 00:31 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜No one warned us’: Toxic mushroom superbloom fuels California’s largest poisoning outbreak Death cap mushroom poisonings in California have reached record levels. Many of those poisoned are immigrants.

San Francisco Chronicle article highlighting some of the causes and solutions of the worst level of mushroom poisoning in the SF Bay Area ever.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

11.02.2026 00:06 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe the government should get out of the way with abortion and let the woman decide what’s best for her.

19.12.2025 22:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The red mushroom is Amanita muscaria. Toxic. Not your friend.

bayareamushrooms.org/education/fu...

06.12.2025 03:22 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Bay Area Mycological Society The Bay Area Mycological Society is a group of mushroom enthusiasts, based in the East Bay, dedicated the art and science of wild mushrooms. We sponsor local mushroom walks, meet at UC Berkeley, and p...

It’s bad. At least a dozen people have ingested Death Cap mushrooms in the Bay Area, especially in the South Bay. We are trying to get the word out with local health and parks agencies and distributing a warning poster in Spanish. Please be careful when picking wild mushrooms. bayareamushrooms.org.

05.12.2025 23:32 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

We’re working on it.

02.12.2025 19:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amanita phalloides Mushroom Poisonings β€” Northern California ... Amanita phalloides, colloquially known as the β€œdeath cap,” belongs to the Phalloideae section of the Amanita family of mushrooms and is responsible for most deaths following ingestion of ...

This is the largest Death Cap eruption in the Bay Area since 2016.

www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...

02.12.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Please note. I’m not a doctor, but seek treatment immediately, even if symptoms appear to get better. There are new tools and protocols replacing β€œcures” that went out of β€œbest practice” in the 80s.
bayareamushrooms.org/mushroommont...

02.12.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Deadly Amanita phalloides are fruiting in the Bay Area. There are now close to a dozen people receiving treatment, mostly in immigrant communities in the South Bay. Please help get the word out. Death Caps are similar to edible mushrooms in Mexico and mistakes can have longterm consequences.

02.12.2025 16:36 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Tenure Track Faculty - Department of Biological Sciences (Cellular and Molecular Biology) Cal Poly Humboldt and the Department of Biological SciencesΒ invites applicants for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position with an emphasis in Cellular and Molecular Biology with a f...

Come be our colleague! We are looking for a tenure track cell / molecular biologist with focus on biochemical sciences. Strong bio department, lovely rural communities and living among the redwoods! Ask me questions !

careers.humboldt.edu/mob/hm/en-us...

21.11.2025 00:29 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

The headline should have been:
β€œCankles Tanking”.

20.11.2025 15:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

John Cleese, the British comedian, once summed up the idea of the Dunning–Kruger effect as, β€œIf you are really, really stupid, then it’s impossible for you to know you are really, really stupid.”

19.11.2025 17:27 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe look at hedge funds buying homes and jacking up rents. How bout that, JD?

14.11.2025 04:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Paywall.

08.11.2025 01:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's some 007 Bond stuff right there. Do we really want to encourage this sort of disruptive activity?

05.11.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Opening for a postdoctoral position in my lab We are inviting applications for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution, and join our project studying obligatory multitrophic interactions. Project Ove…

I have an opening for a postdoctoral position in my Laboratory of Fungal Ecology and Evolution at the Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, in ČeskΓ© BudΔ›jovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring

29.10.2025 10:51 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

If only the Supreme Court hadn’t torn down the preclearance requirement in Article 5 of the VRA, which required β€œcertain states” with a history of discrimination to get pre-approval for changes to voting.

22.10.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. They flexed. Where’s the shrapnel? JD knows. (Note: this app did not want me to use the word β€œshrapnel”.

20.10.2025 01:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Fall is here. The dogwood berries are ripe. Waiting for the cedar waxwings to arrive.

05.10.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The Nigerian Prince is happy to learn of this eposure.
Putin is glad to find he can penetrate defenses and steal our private data, while he and his crew take out electrical grids and water utilities.
Maybe local hackers here can find a computer with the Epstein files on the hard drive and....

04.10.2025 02:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

When they’re firing people from the Eisenhower Presidential Library, we’re going down the wrong path. (I Like Ike!)

03.10.2025 14:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Weird rings of DNA fuel cancers. This scientist leads the effort to target them Paul Mischel and others are testing therapies for rogue genetic loops that drive tumor evolution and growth

Life is so much more complicated than we know. Extra chromosomal DNA? Hope this important research continues.

www.science.org/content/arti...

03.10.2025 14:45 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Alexander (Sasha) Viazmensky Mushrooms botanical watercolors

Here’s another one. Russian artist Sasha Viazmensky. We have one of his in our home.

www.alexandermushrooms.com

02.10.2025 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Celebrating their win.

02.10.2025 18:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oooo. The rhizosphere? Our current issue coming soon, unless the govmint shutdown affects mail delivery.

02.10.2025 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ooof. How lame. Signs of an untethered mind.

30.09.2025 14:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You’re a regular Geoffry Kibby. That’s a compliment.

30.09.2025 06:35 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0