And I think you are right to be, we see a fence, a fire hydrant and a couple signs and the sign in the background of one of the pictures is clean. The fence is the only one that could be proof but we don't know where that fence is and any wooden fence neglected will develop some sort of blackening from fungus. Where are the pictures of all the houses and cars covered in it? These pictures should be easily available if things are as bad as they make them out to be but are lacking. Has anyone tested this to show it is the whiskey fungus? Another thing lacking, many things can produce this effect.

Ultimately the point of my post was not to say that this is not a problem, just to say not to react without consideration.

When I first came across this story I referenced my collection of books of fungi (which is sizable, I love fungus) and they all lacked any mention of this fungus. Some internet searching showed that this fungus has been known for quite some time and despite that I could not find any evidence of it outside the immediate vicinity of a barrel house, within a few hundred feet, why is this not well known? Why are there not links to such problems in other parts of the world? this fungus is known throughout the temperate world and we don't have the piles of cases it should have, just pictures of barrel houses around the world coated in it.

There could be something about the region which makes it a bigger issue than the rest of the world but no one is providing the proof of it. I live two miles from a distillery and pass it every day, they do have a blackening on the exterior of their building which could be this, but in the decade they have existed it has not even gotten across the street, perhaps someday it will become a problem but the ariticles I have seen on this and my searching have not convinced me of that.