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It is not only more interesting, but also more serious. That looks like a species of fungi that attacks wood and turns it into dry chunks that fall apart.
The good part is it won't attack your clients, although it could turn on them too, if it gets real hungry. 
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It may attack the inhabitants by making them fall down through the floor.
But it the fungus could be one of those producing edible fruiting bodies (mushrooms), for example Armillaria mellea - honey mushroom. It may be something else thorugh, non-edible. But look at figure 2 here for example http://www.na.fs.fed.us/spfo/p...line.htm
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What kind of wood is this btw?
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It's clearly a mushroom with psychotropic properties, and I think he's eaten a few too many.
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[#9] Posted: 04/26/2012 - 7:59:18 PM | | |
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Poria Incrassata - AIDS for wood. Lots of it here in the NW and it is pretty tough stuff - even kind of scoffs at PT wood.
Nuke it with BoraCare fast.
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Thanks for the fungus ID Mike. The property had drainage problems and the crawl space looked like it had been been wet for the 10 years since the house was built. This was a pre-offer inspection on a million-dollar property close to Microsoft. There were at least four competing bids on the house in spite of its problems.
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