This NYT article has a few photos of the fungus growing on everything, and really puts it in perspective: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/whiskey-fungus-jack-daniels-tennessee.html I don't...
I don't know how the residents have tolerated it for as long as they have. That looks awful, and surely can't be good for the environment, or anyone's health.
Residents of Lincoln County, a community of 35,000 in southern Tennessee, say they’ve had enough of the black mold quickly coating their homes, streets, and public spaces. And they’re ready to make Jack Daniel’s fix it.
The mold, known as baudoinia compniacensis, or by its nickname “whiskey fungus,” grows thanks to the ethanol vapor given off by whiskey distilleries, or in this case, the one by Jack Daniel’s located in town. In 2018, the liquor company built six barrel houses there and was going to construct 14 more before a recent lawsuit curtailed those plans.
This NYT article has a few photos of the fungus growing on everything, and really puts it in perspective:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/01/us/whiskey-fungus-jack-daniels-tennessee.html
I don't know how the residents have tolerated it for as long as they have. That looks awful, and surely can't be good for the environment, or anyone's health.