Genus
Alaria
Alaria marginata. Photo: (c) amanda-nordstrom5, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Alaria is a genus of brown alga (Phaeophyceae) comprising approximately 17 species. Members of the genus are dried and eaten as a food in Western Europe, China, Korea, Japan (called sarumen), and South America. Distribution of the genus is a marker for climate change, as it relates to oceanic temperatures.
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