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David Rust

@incredulis.bsky.social
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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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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
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...
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‘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.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
The red mushroom is Amanita muscaria. Toxic. Not your friend. bayareamushrooms.org/education/fu...
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Further Reflections on Amanita muscaria as an Edible Species - Bay Area Mycological Society
Debbie Viess challenges the thesis brought forward in a paper discussing Amanita muscaria and its use as food by William Rubel and David Arora, in the October 2008 special mushroom issue of the Journa...
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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.
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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...
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
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.
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Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler @catalicu.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
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...
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Tenure Track Faculty - Department of Biological Sciences (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
Cal Poly Humboldt and the Department of Biological Sciences invites applicants for a full-time, academic year, tenure-track faculty position with an emphasis in Cellular and Molecular Biology with a f...
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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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 České Budějovice, Czechia. www.dannyhaelewaters.com/opening-for-... #LFEE #postdoc #hiring
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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…
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Fall is here. The dogwood berries are ripe. Waiting for the cedar waxwings to arrive.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Life is so much more complicated than we know. Extra chromosomal DNA? Hope this important research continues. www.science.org/content/arti...
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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
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Whatever happened to the Rockland County NY vote recount?
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Karen @karenattiah.bsky.social and Matt Dowd deserved better in this time of turmoil.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
What he said. www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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Oakland comedian’s blunt response to Charlie Kirk’s killing: ‘I won’t be gaslit’
Oakland comedian W. Kamau Bell adds that the country is in deeper trouble after the killing of the conservative influencer.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
I remember getting off a train in Madrid in the summer of 1972 and seeing soldiers with rifles. Is this how the residents and visitors feel when they ride the subway in Washington, DC, today? www.bbc.com/news/world-e...
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Spain feels Franco's legacy 40 years after his death - BBC News
Forty years after is death, the legacy of Spain's Gen Francisco Franco still bedevils politics, writes Prof Paul Preston.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Who doesn’t miss Elon Musk in the news every day? Unfortunately, we’ll be living with the damage he and his minions did for the rest of our lives.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Lyndon Johnson sent the national guard to protect civil rights protesters. Donald Trump sent the national guard as an excuse to not hold midterm elections.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
It’s starting to look like Trump lied to us about the grocery.
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 31/08/2025
Jesus fucking christ. The Trump administration tried to send a bunch of children to Guatemala at 3 am and justified it by saying that the kids just wanted to return to their parents in Guatemala, but the kids actually told the court that they are afraid of being sent back to Guatemala.
Tweet from Joshua J. Friedman: 

Plaintiffs: No. Possible some children might be in that situation, but everything we could find on short notice is children not in this situation. 

Judge: Mr. Ensign you saying that *all* these children have parents who are requesting their return to Guatemala? 

DOJ: That's what I've been toldTweet from Joshua J. Friedman:

Judge: During recess, I read provision you cited and then the complaint. Every one of 10 named plaintiffs says they are *afraid* of being sent back to Guatemala. (Reads aloud from declarations.) Doesn't line up with what govt is saying. This is why we have courts.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
I’ve been looking at the news for a while this morning and haven’t seen reports of Pam Bondi releasing the Epstein files yet today. Where are the Epstein files?
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Norfolk & Norwich Naturalists' Society @norfolknats.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
In the past Field Mycology was only available via paid subscription- it is now available online free to all. This should help those developing an interest in fungi recording. If you have ideas about the sort of content that you would find useful then now is the time to give Clare your feedback!
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Oops. Apparently, I said something over on Threads that got me suspended for a couple days. Bluesky is a friendlier place, but I don't post political stuff over here too often.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
I’m so glad to hear from Dr. Ashish Jha @ashishkjha.bsky.social again. Such a good resource in this time of turmoil.
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Oregon State University Botany and Plant Pathology @osubpp.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
The Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is Hiring! We are searching for a Director of the Oregon State University Herbarium and applications are welcomed at the ranks of assistant, associate, or full professor.
Department of Botany and Plant Pathology at Oregon State University is hiring a Directory of the Herbarium
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I miss hearing from @maryltrump.bsky.social on today’s developments.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
What country would be foolish enough to send their citizens to the U.S. next year for the World Cup? Will travel visas even be available?
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
What’s the difference between Trump calling Georgia Governor Kemp asking him to find 11,780 votes, and Trump calling Texas Governor Abbott asking for 5 guaranteed Republican seats in Congress? It’s still election interference whether it’s before or after. www.axios.com/2023/08/15/t...
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The call that got Trump in trouble in Georgia
In the call, Trump asked Georgia's secretary of state to help him overturn the state's 2020 election results.
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DudePool @dudepoolrising.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
No kings, masters, overlords or any of that bullshit. Time to take the country back.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
I really don’t like these “compostable” produce bags. First off, it says right on the front that it’s plastic. This bag shredded after on a week. The lettuce didn’t look so great either. Help me understand how this helps the environment.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
This barrel cactus sat in our kitchen window for 20 years. Repotted twice, it’s now approaching 30-35 years old and has expanded to 14 inches across. Not bloomed yet.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Ever hike in the Grand Canyon? This book takes you below the rim into places most humans never go.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Was in Anza Borrego State Park last week. Here’s evidence a Bighorn Sheep was standing on this rock by the Palm Canyon trail just hours before we passed by.
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NPR @npr.org · 24/04/2025
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
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Colleague of Harvard scientist held by ICE warns that foreign scientists are scared
Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova has been in ICE custody for about two months. Her colleague and friend Leon Peshkin says her case is causing some scientists to reconsider working in the U.S.
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GunnyJKJ @gunnyjkj.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
History always has a lesson.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
Ocotillo blooming in Anza Borrego State Park.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Ocotillo in early sun. Anza Borrego State Park.
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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Not for nothing, but how, exactly, is it legal to send people for *punishment* in a foreign prison (esp with no due process)? Were the funds being used for it appropriated for this purpose? I feel this has just become a thing no one questions
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Valerie Horsley @valeriejhorsley.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Please share: @delauro.house.gov is cochair of the US House Congressional Rapid Response Task Force and Litigation Working Group. They are looking for instances where the impoundment and restriction of NIH/NSF funds is having a negative impact. Submit examples here delauro.house.gov/constituent-...
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2025 Federal Financial Assistance Freeze
On Monday, January 27th, 2025, President Trump issued an order to freeze virtually all of approved and legally required federal funding.
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Matthias C. Rillig @mrillig.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Paper out: Li et al. Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has minor impacts on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their contribution to soil carbon stock in tropical forests. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Atmospheric nitrogen deposition has minor impacts on the abundance and diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and their contribution to soil carbon stock in tropical forests
Knowledge about arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) is crucial for understanding nutrient limitations on primary productivity and soil organic carbon (…
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Don't these offices have locks? Security guards? Stop letting the fox in the house where the hens reside.
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lesliejyerman @msljy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
From @djrothkopf.bsky.social When Political Theater Masks a National Security Crisis open.substack.com/pub/davidrot...
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When Political Theater Masks a National Security Crisis
DOGE is not doing a thing to help government efficiency. So, what's it up to?
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Crippling the NSF is going to eliminate a lot of current science and engineering research. With our very planet in peril, Musk and his minions have picked anti-science in favor of tax cuts for the very rich.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
I know the social media environment is changing rapidly. But... I curated "politics" on Threads, and "science" on Bluesky. Now, it's all politics all the time. I'll just tune out for a bit. That's the post.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
This deadly Amanita phalloides was displayed at our Point Reyes mushroom fair last weekend. Partial veil still in place. Three young men ate Death Caps they had collected a couple weeks ago in Salinas CA. They all survived.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Waiting for @karaswisher.bsky.social to weigh in on this one.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Horrifying wind last night in Oakland. Lost electricity for a while. No fires here, though.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Bay Area Mycological Society presents: 18th Annual Fungus Fair at Point Reyes National Seashore next Sunday. It’s free! www.nps.gov/pore/planyou...
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Fungus Fair at Point Reyes - Point Reyes National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service)
Information about the Fungus Fair at Point Reyes National Seashore.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas from California!
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Sulphur tufts at Mendocino Botanical Gardens.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Not the sharpest photo, but thrilled to see Brachycybe, feather millipedes, under a log.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Excellent article. Telling quote: "Neither Suzanne Simard nor Peter Wohlleben wished to answer our questions." Thanks to Justine Karst, Melanie Jones and Jason Hoeksema who got this moving back in 2022.
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David Rust @incredulis.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Porcini season is here. Left this one in place.
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