chicken of the woods
noun phraseDefinition of chicken of the woods
: an edible bracket fungus (Laetiporus sulphureus) of North America and Europe that forms thick, fleshy, shelflike fruiting bodies (as on tree trunks) which are usually bright orange above and sulfur yellow below
Realistically, however, a 56-pound chicken of the woods is old and tough. The fungus is only appetizing when it is young and tender, but even then, it is usually big. —Nina Rao I've eaten chicken-of-the-woods, a bright orange fungus I knocked off a rotting log. —Tina Kelley
— called also
chicken mushroom, sulfur shelf
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