Posted on 02.27.23
Jack Daniel’s barrel houses are causing an out-of-control black ‘whiskey fungus’ in a Tennessee community, enraged residents say
Source: https://news.yahoo.com/, February 26, 2023
By: Michelle Mark
- Residents of Lincoln County are fed up with the black fungus covering their homes and cars.
- The stubborn “whiskey fungus” feeds on ethanol vapor from the Jack Daniel’s barrel houses.
- Locals are demanding an air-filtration system and an environmental-impact study.
The sooty black mold smothers homes, porches, and cars, locals say. It obscures street signs and coats the leaves and bark of trees. It cements itself to any stationary object, and it makes residents question the safety of the air they breathe. Read more.
