BYSSUS

(Lat.), n.m. Bi®s(bu‘s)’su3s(su4s). Gr., Biooos. Ger., Grufischimmel (ist def.), Büschelschimmel (3d def.). 1. A genus of Fungi under which were formerly grouped a number of imperfectly known forms now referred elsewhere. [B.] 2. The stipes of certain Fungi. [B,19, 173.] 3. The filamentous tuft by which certain molluscs attach themselves; woven into a fabric in some varieties, [L, 49, 227.] 4. Cotton, fine flax, silk, charpie. [A, 322.] —B'artig (Ger.). See By om.