book worm/parasite/fungus? (1 Viewer)

[turtleface]

After reading the second hand book thread, I remembered as a child, many many years ago I recall I was at the library one day and someone was asking about those old library items for sale, and the librarian was saying something about how some of the books get affected by some fungus or something (not sure what it was), and they sell the book so it does not affect the other books it is kept on the shelf with.

Does anyone know anything about this? Maybe not, I've never heard it mentioned ever since.

 

[codydhu]

i dont know anything about it but it sounds interesting
- couldnt find anything in google about in, although theres something called 'slow fires' (in wikipedia) but thats caused by not using acid free paper

 

[Serius]

Ive seen it in old library books before, sort of eats away at the paper.

 

[turtleface]

yeah its probably what you guys described, thanks for the input. i guess i'll just keep away from weird second hand books