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Pecky cypress, caused by the fungus Stereum taxodii is used for decorative wall paneling.

Inside, in the dark, cool lobby, the walls are paneled in pecky cypress, renowned for its resistance to south Florida's termites.

Will live chickens be flung in, feet tied together, wings clipped, fluttery pecky birds invading my hidey-hole?

They'd driven their dogs over pecky snow to the paper-making buildings, where white water fell down steep rocks under ragged crusts of ice.

The main damaging (in some cases lethal) agent is the fungus Stereum taxodii, which causes a brown pocket rot known as "pecky cypress".

This type of damage can precipitate microorganism diseases and other crop losses, most notably discoloration, "pecky rice," and lower quality produce.

Upstairs, the master bedroom is paneled in pecky cypress, whose arch weathered-beach-shack look seems right for the driftwood floor lamp complete with taxidermy marlin.

An imposing stucco and stone bell tower stands above a terra-cotta tiled roof and five main entrance doors of coffee-brown pecky cypress.

The cross makes a friendly pet, very confident and not afraid to go first, but when it gets older it becomes a little bit pecky and eats a lot more.

In his spacious loft home, he sleeps in a Murphy bed made from grooved North Carolina pecky cypress in order to make his living space convertible.

"Disconsolate" or "out of sorts" might have had a more aristocratic ring, but Ce'Nedra was honest enough with herself privately to admit that "pecky" probably came closer to the mark.

In the first renovation she added new features to the exterior, such as balconies of wrought iron and stylish colors, replacing the wooden originals made with pecky cypress timbers.

The clubhouse was roofed with glazed blue Japanese ceramic tiles, used pecky cypress timbers for framing, and had expansive glass partitions along the western elevation, facing the tennis courts.

Pink as a flamingo on the outside, ornate on the inside, with stenciled pecky cypress beams in the lobby, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Her steps along the corridor outside made tiny, sharp pecky sounds, kind of like mother drumming on the edge of the dinner table when father tried to promote himself a second piece of pie.

Before you can say gut job, a remodeler takes Mr. Vila to a similar house that was lately redone with a pickled pine floor and a pecky cypress ceiling and was a disaster area until he set to work.

Although the rice stink bug is the source cause of "pecky rice" damage in rice crops, the kernel spotting and discoloration is the result of a fungal infection of the rice kernels by fungi such as species of the ubiquitous genus Fusarium.