əˈkrāzh(ē)ə noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek akrasia bad mixture, from akratos unmixed + -ia
: a genus (the type of the family Acrasiaceae) of saprophytic fungi of the order Acrasiales having amoeboid cells produced from spores and aggregated without fusion into a pseudoplasmodium and having a fruiting body, often with a sterile stalklike portion, formed by rounding up and contraction of the pseudoplasmodium