Major research subjects at the Department of Botany Research of the Phycological group Research of the Mycological group (only in Czech) Research at the Unit of pland ecology Research at the vascular plants unit (only in Czech) Presentations of some grant projects and research directions Algal speciation & evolution Silica-scaled Chrysophytes of the Czech Republic: Project of Phycological Laboratory The Cape Flora Plant ecological genomics Lichen Symbiosis Lab Allience Laboratory of Quantitative Ecology Novitates journal Novitates Botanicae Universitatis Carolinae was an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all branches of botany (including mycology) and plant ecology. The journal was established in 1982 and terminated in 2009.