The ethanol-fueled fungus known as whiskey fungus has thrived for centuries.
Now, it is driving a wedge between some residents of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and Jack Danielβs, the famed distillery founded in 1866 in neighboring Moore County.
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Now, it is driving a wedge between some residents of Lincoln County, Tennessee, and Jack Danielβs, the famed distillery founded in 1866 in neighboring Moore County.
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For months, some residents have complained that a sooty, dark crust has blanketed homes, cars, road signs, bird feeders, patio furniture and trees as the fungus has spread uncontrollably, fed by alcohol vapors wafting from charred oak barrels of aging Jack Danielβs whiskey.
The fungus - named Baudoinia compniacensis - is named after the director of the French Distillers' Association that discovered it growing near cognac distilleries in the 1870s.
Federal agents in Tennessee used to look for the fungus as a sign that illegal alcohol - moonshine - was being made nearby.
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