noun, masculine/w̝itlaˈkot͡ʃe/plural: huitlacoches
corn smut (fungus that affects maize, eaten as a delicacy)
“¡Estaba a punto de comer huilacoche!” — I was about to eat huilacoche!
An alteration of cuitlacoche, from Classical Nahuatl cuitlacochin (“ear of maize infected with corn smut”), of uncertain composition.