aˈskōmə noun
( plural ascoma·ta -məd.ə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek askōma leather lining protecting the aperture for the oar, from askos wineskin — more at ascus
: an ascocarp having the hymenium on a broadly expanded or disklike receptacle especially characteristic of the order Helvellales ; specifically : the simple type of fruiting body made up of an undifferentiated mass of tissue on or in which the asci are borne