Route · Valdemeca
PNSC-S8: Fuente de La Ardilla-Estepares (Micológico)
PNSC-08, Fuente de la Ardilla-Estepares, is the Serranía de Cuenca Natural Park's mycological trail: 4 km and about 1.5 hours, of low difficulty, intended to teach visitors about the area's fungal diversity.
- Code
- PNSC-S8
- Distance
- 4 km
- Time
- 1.5 h
- Layout
- Circular
- Difficulty
- Easy
Walking time without travel or stops. Difficulty as graded by the official source. «Easy» does not mean accessible.
- PNSC-08
- Mycology
- Valdemeca
- Mushrooms
Where to start
At the Fuente de la Ardilla picnic area’s car park, just over 3 km from Valdemeca along the Huerta del Marquesado track.
The route
This is the Natural Park’s mycological trail: a walk to learn to observe woodland, what grows in leaf litter, beneath pines and among Portuguese oaks. Autumn is mushroom season.
Difficulty and time
4 km and an hour and a half. Easy.
Before you set out
Look at mushrooms: do not pull up things you do not recognise in the woodland or tread on them. Check local rules before gathering anything. To start, the Cardenete Mycological Museum.
Official route · Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. Description, track and notices on the official route page (in Spanish). Before you set out, check there for changes or closures.
Frequently asked questions
What is it?
An educational route showing a sample of the Natural Park's fungal diversity.
Can mushrooms be gathered?
Check local regulations before collecting anything; the trail is for learning to observe.
Carry on from here
Lands and landscapes
From here, follow the memory of the land
These readings connect Fuente de La Ardilla-Estepares (Micológico) with the stories, the work and the villages around it.
Where it is
● Villages · ● Places · ━ Simplified official route
Location sketch. The map with paths and names loads as you scroll to it.
Reference villages: Huerta del Marquesado · Valdemeca · Laguna del Marquesado · Beamud.
Open the full map and its historical layers →Download GPX track · Official source · GPX converted from the official KML.
Where the data on this page come from
- Name
- Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha — Parque Natural source consulted, 4 October 2026
- Municipality (INE code)
- Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha — Parque Natural source consulted, 4 October 2026
- Route data
- Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha — Parque Natural source consulted, 4 October 2026
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