Tampanensis sclerotia: You can form tamp sclerotia by leaving jars of rye grass seed in the dark for 3-6 months. It is just over incubation of regular spawn jars. I prefer fruiting the tamps on seed and casing with a peat/lime casing and treating them just like cubensis. It takes twice as long to pin as cubensis but eventually you will get fruits. Harvest the fruits and when the tray quits fruiting on its last flush, dig in the casing for sclerotia. I really enjoy that part because you don't know what you will get. It is like treasure hunting in the dirt.

Of course fruiting the tamp will give you less (probably much less) sclerotia than if you just left them in the jars. But it is more fun that just leaving inert jars in a closet for half a year.

[This message has been edited by The Alchemist (edited January 15, 2000).]