1. Large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
   "Grifola frondosa is popular in Japanese cuisine";
   - hen-of-the-woods, hen of the woods, Polyporus frondosus

Type of: fungus

Part of: genus Polyporus, Polyporus

Encyclopedia: Grifola frondosa