Apothecia - close-up - 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: macro-photograph. Image scaling: magnified. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS400D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.