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Cladosiphon okamuranus

Cladosiphon okamuranus, commonly called Okinawan mozuku, is a type of brown seaweed native to Japan. It’s notable for it...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.9 Great

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Macrocystis integrifolia

Giant kelp forming subtidal forests along Pacific coasts of North and South America, one of the world's fastest-growing...

Pacific Kelp Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.3 Great

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Saccharina japonica

*Saccharina japonica* is a marine brown alga widely cultivated in East Asia to produce kombu, a staple food ingredient a...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.2 Great

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Undaria peterseniana

A brown alga (Alariaceae) closely related to the commercially cultivated wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), native to the tem...

Korea Edible Kelp Brown Algae

8.2 Great

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Nemacystus decipiens

Nemacystus decipiens is a filamentous brown alga harvested as mozuku in Okinawa, Japan, where it ranks among the most ec...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.1 Great

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Saccharina latissima

*Saccharina latissima*, known as sugar kelp, is a yellow-brown alga widely cultivated in the United States and Europe fo...

Edible Sugar Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae

7.9 Good

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Undaria pinnatifida

*Undaria pinnatifida*, or wakame, is an edible brown seaweed native to the northwest Pacific that has become a notable i...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 Good

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Himanthalia elongata

Edible brown alga (sea spaghetti) native to Atlantic European coasts, commercially harvested in France and Ireland for i...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 Good

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Eisenia bicyclis

Brown kelp known in Japan as arame, widely cultivated for traditional cuisine and forming dense subtidal forests along J...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.5 Good

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Hedophyllum sessile

A broad-bladed brown kelp (Laminariaceae) of the northeastern Pacific that entirely lacks a stipe, attaching its undivid...

Kelp Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae

7.3 Good

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Laminaria digitata

*Laminaria digitata*, or oarweed, is a large brown kelp found in the North Atlantic that is industrially harvested for a...

Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.2 Good

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Alaria esculenta

Edible brown alga (winged kelp) native to the North Atlantic, traditionally consumed in Ireland and Iceland and commerci...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.2 Good

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Laminaria pallida

A large brown kelp (Laminariaceae) forming extensive subtidal forests along the cold upwelling coasts of South Africa an...

South Africa Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

7.2 Good

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Laminaria hyperborea

*Laminaria hyperborea* is a large brown macroalga that forms extensive kelp forests in the Northeast Atlantic and is hea...

Kelp North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

7.0 Good

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Ecklonia radiata

*Ecklonia radiata* is a dominant habitat-forming seaweed found in the temperate reefs of Australia and New Zealand, supp...

Australia Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

7.0 Good

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Ecklonia stolonifera

Brown kelp of Japan and Korea that propagates via stolons, harvested for phlorotannins and studied for antioxidant and a...

Commercial Japan Kelp Brown Algae

6.5 Fair

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Sargassum fusiforme

*Sargassum fusiforme*, known as hijiki, is a brown seaweed traditionally harvested in East Asia and notably consumed in...

Japan Edible Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.2 Fair

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Saccharina longissima

Kelp with a long ribbon-like blade native to cold North Pacific waters; closely related to Saccharina japonica, the komb...

Edible Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Kjellmaniella gyrata

Kelp (family Laminariaceae) native to cold waters of the northwestern Pacific, including Japan and Russia, cultivated in...

Edible Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae

5.8 Mediocre

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Sphaerotrichia divaricata

Sphaerotrichia divaricata is a brown alga of the family Chordariaceae occurring in the North Pacific, recognized by its...

Japan Edible Subtidal Brown Algae

5.5 Mediocre