Brif history: '20-acre nature reserve which occupies a steep-sided granite boulder-strewn valley through which runs the River Kennal. The site is leased and managed by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. In the past the valley was used for the commercial production of gunpowder. Kennal Vale gunpowder factory started production in 181'
http://www.lookaroundcornwall.com/gardens-and-nature/kennal-vale-nature-reserve.htm (08/11/2010)
Weather: Mild, sunny with some showers of rain
The damp conditions of Kennal vale lay home to an abundance of wild mushrooms and fungi of all sorts of shapes, colours and sizes. No bird sightings or sightings of other animals. Wooded area with a powerfull flowing stream running through. Eery place dark, enclosed, lots of shelter from rain and sun form the canopy of tree leaves and branches.
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| Kennal Vale |
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| Grooved bonnet Mycena plygamma |
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| Bulbous bonnet Mycena stylobates |
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| Burgandy drop bonnet Mycena haemotopus |
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| Jelly disc Ascocoryn cylichinium |
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| Velvet shank Flammunila velutipes |
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