Fucus

Fucus spp.

seaweed

A brown seaweed with air bladders, whose tender spring tips are pickled like capers.

Origin

North Atlantic coasts

Season (United States)

March to June

Preparation

Among the richest of all seaweeds in iodine: a few tips, not a dish, and never if you have thyroid disease.

Molecules

Seaweed polysaccharides · Iodine

Did you know?

Its small air bubbles make it float at high tide.