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hen of the woods
hen of the woodsn. pl. hens of the woods See maitake.
[So called because the cluster of caps can resemble a brindled hen seated with ruffled plumage, and perhaps also because the cooked mushroom resembles chicken meat somewhat in taste and texture.]Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | hen of the woods - large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of treesGrifola frondosa, hen-of-the-woods, Polyporus frondosusfungus - an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytiagenus Polyporus, Polyporus - type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers |
hen of the woods
hen of the woodsn. See maitake.hen of the woods
Synonyms for hen of the woodsnoun large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of treesSynonyms- Grifola frondosa
- hen-of-the-woods
- Polyporus frondosus
Related Words- fungus
- genus Polyporus
- Polyporus
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