A new corticioid fungal species Gloeocystidiellum sinense from Yunnan Province, is described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular evidence. This species is characterised by its cream to pink‐buff hymenial surface, a monomitic hyphal system, and ellipsoid basidiospores measuring as 3.7–4.4 × 2.8–3.2 µm. The phylogenetic analyses inferred from ITS + nLSU dataset indicated that the new species G. sinense nested wi...

Microbes in the sea surface microlayer (SML) are key to connecting the ocean and the atmosphere, affecting the exchange of matter, momentum, and heat at the interface. However, their sources have never been quantified systematically. Seawater has long been deemed their major source, whereas atmospheric deposition is regarded as trivial or merely providing additional nutrients. Here, combining atmospheric observations and quant...

Amphibians are a diverse group of tetrapod vertebrates comprising three orders: Anura, Caudata, and Gymnophiona, which play important roles in worldwide ecosystems. Over the past 40 years, amphibian populations have sharply declined and some of them are even endangered. Specifically, it is estimated that 35 species have gone extinct, while 653 species are considered critically endangered, and 55 species are data deficient. Inf...