Brown tuning fork weed
Bifurcaria bifurcata

Family: Sargassaceae

What it is like

A seaweed.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant.

Countries/locations it is found in

Africa, Atlantic, Britain, Europe, France, Ireland, Mediterranean, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Western Sahara

How it is used for food

Edible parts

Seaweed, algae

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Frosque

Synonyms

Fucus rotundatus Hudson; Fucus tuberculatus Hudson; Fucus bifurcatus Velley; Bifurcaria tuberculata Stackhouse; Pycnophycus tuberculatus (Stackhouse) Kützing; Ascophylla tuberculatum Kuntze;