məˈzēdēəm, maˈz- noun
( plural mazae·dia -dēə)
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek maza lump, mass, barley cake + Latin aedes temple, house, building + New Latin -ium — more at edify
: a fruiting body (as of some lichens) consisting of a powdery mass of free ascospores interspersed with sterile elements and enclosed in a peridium