Colonised barnacles - close-up - highly enlarged

Description:

Longitude (deg): -5.0. Latitude (deg): 50.4. Longitude (deg/min): 5° 0' W. Latitude (deg/min): 50° 30' N. Vice county name: West Cornwall. Vice county no.: 1. Country: England. Stage: Teliomorph. Associated species: Chthamalus. Identified by: Malcolm Storey. Comment: on barnacles (Chthamalus sp) on rocks above low neap tide level. Detail to note: the lichen perithecia within the shell (large black dots). Category: macro-photograph. Image scaling: highly enlarged. Photographic equipment used: Canon EOS400D dSLR and MP-E 65mm x1 to x5 macro lens.