hen of the woods

English Thesaurus

1. large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus,
definition	:	an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus polyporus, polyporus,
definition	:	type genus of the Polyporaceae; includes important pathogens of e.g. birches and conifers (noun.plant)