Thallus consists of erect, light to dark brown, dorsoventrally flatened lamina, arising from a holdfast singly or in clusters; linear or broadly lanceolate to almost elliptical, abruptly or gradually narrowining towards the base and merging into a elliptical, abruptly or gradually narrowing towards the base and merging into a short stipe, only slightly narrowing at the tip, rounded and often frayed. Thallus undivided, membranous and thin when young, later leathery-tough with smooth, sometimes undulating, margins. The species is very polymorphic especially in relation to thallus width.

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Direct use as food - food, consumed whole

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Basionym: Fucus fascia O.F.Müller

Type locality: near Kristiansand, Norway (Silva, Basson & Moe 1996: 632).

Notes: Womersley (1987: 292) gives the following data: Type from Christiansund, Norway; probably non-existent.