Roo Vandegrift

Mycologicial ecologist or ecological mycologist, depending on how you look at it; sometimes artist; lover of fine veggie food; coffee enthusiast

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

I’m especially happy that today at @marrow_of we get to release a new short piece, drawing on GIS mapping work I’ve done to understand the threat that new mining concessions pose to biodiversity in Ecuador. #JusticiaLosCedros #bosquessinminería

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

@UehlingLab Nice! We're shopping for a mycology cabinet for the local collection here at the Port of Miami right now... What manufacturer did you go with?

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

@ashleyruba In other words:
https://t.co/WzrMjlcZMS

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

@Adam_Y

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

There's something about idea of a pigeon grinning that really hooks me... what does THAT look like? How can it be such a visceral image, while simultaneously being completely impossible?

[PassingFeathers @PassingFeathers]

I raise my eyes to his, see patchy feathers grey,
Opaque orbs brim-full, with what I cannot say.
“I have not lost my mind?”, the query ‘scapes my lips.
The #pigeon only grins, and dances on the bricks.

[PassingFeathers @PassingFeathers]

Away from them I run; they follow as if blown.
I slip in #pigeon dung, slick-white upon the stone.
They settle all around me, on the asphalt prone,
A thousand staring birds I wish I could disown.

[PassingFeathers @PassingFeathers]

When next I leave my hovel, they cover e’ry wall,
#Pigeons perched and waiting, watching me withal.
A thousand beady eyes, a thousand curséd stares,
Their calls echo round the ruined public squares.

[PassingFeathers @PassingFeathers]

My stomach full to wincing, empty feeling still,
My head full and twisting, I spit the pigeon’s bill.
The words echo in my mind: vivid hallucination,
Or something darker yet, my long-sought ruination?

[PassingFeathers @PassingFeathers]

“Shattered man, last of man, empty-broken hollow man;
You are the hope of #pigeons, the end of what’s began.
“You are our only—”, but I didn’t hear the rest,
With shaking wretched hand, I did end the bird’s request.

[PassingFeathers @PassingFeathers]

Rumbling metal brute, prompts me skit and scurry;
Bloody feathered fist, home to eat I hurry.
Crouching in my borrow, safe ‘tween shattered walls;
I raise the twitching #pigeon, which looks at me and calls:

[PassingFeathers @PassingFeathers]

Every day I’m passing #pigeons, flattened in the street;
Every day I’m passing #feathers, gots nothing else to eat.
Jumping shade to shadow, darting quick and fleet;
Peeling feathered bodies, crushed and ruined meat.

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

Okay, wait: where is this going? There's a story emerging, and I'm along for the ride.

[PassingFeathers @PassingFeathers]

The world’s dark and empty, full o’ roaring beasts;
Rolling metal monsters, upon the weak they feast.
I follow in their tracks, hiding when they come;
I pick the scattered leavings, my empty belly numb.

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

This thread is pure gold!

[Elizabeth MacDougal @ElizMacDougal]

Community ecology of dishes in the sink: an unfortunate thread. (1/6)

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

@dhaelewa @parkmarc99 @BioOneNews @eaglehillmaine @NatlParkService @BostonHarborNow @34islandsboston @MSAStudents Ooooh, I didn't realize the print version was out! Where can I get one?

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

MSA Interchange Ambassador Award: Dr. Nicole Colón-Carrión. Organized Latinx Mycelium, speaker panel on wednesday at 5PM, speakers joining by zoom.

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

Continuing from @betsyarizona's presidential address, because apparently Twitter limits thread size! #MSA2022 #MycologyInTheSwamp

[Roo Vandegrift @MycoRoo]

To change gears: highlights of our meeting here at #MSA.