Noun: hen of the woods
- Large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees
"hen of the woods is popular in Japanese cuisine";
- hen-of-the-woods, Polyporus frondosus, Grifola frondosa
Derived forms: hens of the woods
Type of: fungus
Part of: genus Polyporus, Polyporus
Encyclopedia: Hen of the woods