"GREENDALE, Ind. — Mayor Alan Weiss has a whiskey fungus problem.

Baudoinia compniacensis, a little-studied black mold associated with alcohol aging, is growing all over the otherwise idyllic town Weiss leads here in southeastern Indiana. Sullying everything from home siding to utility poles, the fungus is most noticeable near the MGP Ingredients distillery, where his son works as a plant operator.

"It's not a bad company," he said in a recent interview. "I just wish that the whiskey fungus wasn't there because, if it wasn't for that, I would say my 3 ½ years of being mayor would be really good.""

Corbin Hiar reports for Greenwire November 4, 2019. [2]

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