Ascus tip and ascospores in ascus - highly magnified

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Longitude (deg): -1.7. Latitude (deg): 53.4. Longitude (deg/min): 1° 40' W. Latitude (deg/min): 53° 30' N. Vice county name: Derby. Vice county no.: 57. Country: England. Stage: Fruitbody. Associated species: Picea abies. Identified by: Paul Cannon. Comment: "black discomycetes on dead, fallen, Norway Spruce cones". Category: microscope photograph. Image scaling: highly magnified. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS10D dSLR and Meiji microscope with x2.5 projection eye-piece. DPI defaulting to 180.