Dabberlocks
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| Alaria esculenta |
Alaria esculenta (Linnaeus) Greville.
Dabberlocks also called Winged kelp or Bladderlochs, is an edible seaweed. It is a traditional food along the coasts of the far north Atlantic Ocean.
There are about 12 species in the genus Alaria of these there is only one in the British Isles.
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[edit] Description
Alaria esculenta grows to a maximum length of 2 m. The frond consists of a distinct midrib with a wavy mambraneous lamina up to 7 cm wide on either side. The frond tapers towards the end. The base has a short stipe arising from a rhizoidal holdfast. The stipe may bear several sporophylls, club-shaped and up to 20 cm long 5 cm broad. The whole frond is brown in colour.
[edit] Ecology
Alaria esculents grows attached to rocks just below low water, it is common on rocky shores in exposed places.
[edit] Distribution
[edit] British Isles
Common with a distinct north-western distribution.
[edit] World
Europe: British Isles,....North America: North-east coast of North America.
[edit] Uses
Alaria is used either fresh or cooked in Greenland, Iceland, Scotland and Ireland.
[edit] References
Indergaard, M. and Minsaas, J. Animal and Human Nutrition. in Seaweed Resources in Europe Edited by Guiry, M.D. and Blunden,G.1991. pp.21 - 64.
Hardy, F.G. and Guiry, M.D. 2003. A Check-list and Atlas of the Seaweeds of Britain and Ireland. British Phycological Society, London.
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