byssoid

Adjective

byssoid (comparative more byssoid, superlative most byssoid)

1. Synonym of byssaceous.
   • The opinions already expressed in 'The Phytologist,' relative to the nature of the byssoid substance found on the roots of Monotropa, from all stations that have supplied specimens for examination, are as follows.1843, Thomas G. Rylands, “On the nature of teh Byssoid Substance found investing the Roots of Monotropa Hypopitys”, in The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany, page 341
   • At first consisting of loose, distinct, byssoid fibres, in which state it frequently remains without producing a true hymenium, next forming a thin, resupinate, silky, subpulverulent stratum, with a beautiful byssoid margin, at length furnished with a true hymenium, and beset with minute white...1871, Mordecai Cubitt Cooke, Handbook of British Fungi, page 322

   Synonyms:

   byssaceous