Kelp Collection

Fucus bulbosus, kelp
Plate 161 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Fucus radiatus, kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera, giant kelp
Giant kelp, also known as kelp forest, seaweed and sea grass. Specimen annotated as Macrocystis pirifera from South Africa, held at the Natural History Museum, London

Kelp makers huts, South Uist, Scotland
Kelp makers huts, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Japan - Tangle Dealer - Kelp Seaweed Shop
Tangle (Kelp Seaweed) Dealer, Japan. Date: circa 1920s

Gutweed or grass kelp, Ulva intestinalis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence

Extinct fossil coral Palaeocyclus porpita 1, and Fungia
Extinct fossil coral Palaeocyclus porpita 1, Fungia fungites 2, 3. Ciclolite numismale, Fongia patellare, Fongia lumaca. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus

Peacocks tail, Padina pavonica 1, and Dictyota dichotoma 2. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali, Dictionary of Natural Science, Florence, Italy

Sugar kelp and other seaweeds
Sugar kelp, Saccharina latissima 1, red seaweed, Delesseria sanguinea 2, Porphyra purpurea 3, and Osmundaria fimbriata 4. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dizionario delle

Tangle or cuvie kelp, Laminaria hyperborea (Laminaria cloustonii). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Fucoideae seaweeds and algae
Fucoideae seaweeds: bullwhip kelp, Nereocystis luetkeana 1, Cutleria multifida 2, Cystoseira spinosa 3, Agarum clathrus 4, Scaberia agardhii 5, peacocks tail, Padina pavonica 6

Dead mans rope and kelp
Dead mans rope, Chorda filum 1, and kelp or oarweed, Laminaria digitata 2. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar

Kelp makers hut, South Uist, Scotland
Kelp makers hut, South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Date: late 19th century

Chorda filum, sea lace
Cut out of mounted specimen of sea lace or Dead mans rope. A brown seaweed, this specimen is 14.5 feet long and held at the Natural History Museum, London

Chorda lomentaria, seaweed
Plate from Algae Danmonienses: or dried specimens of Marine Plants, principally collected in Devonshire by Mary Wyatt. 1834-1840

Fucus crispus, kelp
Plate 217 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Fucus saccatus, kelp
Plate 241 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Fucus digitatus, kelp
Plate 162 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume III, by Mary Dawson Turner

Chorda filum, seaweed
Herbarium sheet from the collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Fucus agarum, kelp
Plate 75 from Fuci, or coloured figures and descriptions of the Plants referred by botanists to the genus Fucus (1808-1819), Volume II, by Mary Dawson Turner

Harvesting kelp
A boat is piled high with kelp and rowed ashore by two sullen-looking gentlemen

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