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Definition of Byssoid
1. a. Byssaceous.
Definition of Byssoid
1. having delicate filaments [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Byssoid
Literary usage of Byssoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1843)
"On the nature of the byssoid Substance found investing the Roots of Monotropa
... Viewed with a magnifying power of about 30 linear, the byssoid substance ..."
2. Phycologia Australica; or, A history of Australian seaweeds by William Henry Harvey (1863)
"Although the byssoid fibres have not been yet observed in A. Calyculus, there
can be little doubt that the scars denote the spots from which fibres have ..."
3. Synopsis of the British Basidiomycetes: A Descriptive Catalogue of the by Worthington George Smith (1908)
"Sub. membranous, sometimes barren, and with lacunae; marg. byssoid. Po.
extremely minute. Old deal boards, rotten planks; rare. 3f in. ..."
4. Nereis Australis, Or Algae of the Southern Ocean: Being Figures and by William Henry Harvey (1847)
"At different ages it varies very much in appearance, being, when young, soft and
adhering to paper, and from the copious byssoid fibres that crown the ..."
5. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"... spores globose or elliptic. Very common on excrement of dogs and cats in wet
weather. Grev. £•. Crypt. Fl. pi. 305. M. clavatus, Lk. Mycelium byssoid. ..."
6. British Fungus-flora: A Classified Text-book of Mycology by George Massee (1892)
"... but known by its brighter orange colour and white byssoid margin. ... Fr.
Effused, thin, soft, membranaceous, margin byssoid, white; folds of hymenium ..."
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