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Fucus,
Fucaceae, Ascophyllum, Ascophyllum nodosum.
Fucus, Fucus ceranoides, Fucus cottonii, Fucus lutarius, Fucus serratus, Fucus spiralis, Fucus vesiculosus, Fucus vesiculosus var. evesiculosus.
Most used are, Ascophyllum nodosum or rockweed, and Fucus vesiculosus. For the tradition seaweed bath Fucus serratus. The modern seaweed bath mixture includes kelp, Irish Moss and dulse.
Wack.
A name used for drift weed which consist for the main part out of fucus species.
Usage
The therapeutic effects of using powdered Fucus, 3-5 grams daily resemble the therapeutic effects of thyroxine medications: shrinking of goiters, weight loss, resolution of symptomatic non-autoimmune hypothyroidism, return of vim and vigor, lessening of psychiatric disruptions, and resolution of eczemas. This is especially true of women enduring postpartum physiological depression after several years of being pregnant and nursing one or more children.

Classification of fucus as Grass, general regognized as safe and I am not aware of any reports of thyrotoxicity from Fucus consumption.
Women with low thyroid function, according to thyroid panel blood tests report improved test results.
Wack has been used in the past as a organic fertilizer.

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