Fucus

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Rockweed (Fucus)

Rockweed, or common bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus)

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Rockweed (Fucus)

Rockweed, or common bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus)

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Key People

Gustave-Adolphe Thuret

French botanist