hen-of-the-woods vs Polyporus frondosus

hen-of-the-woods and Polyporus frondosus both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hen-of-the-woods	Yes	No	No	No
Polyporus frondosus	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, hen-of-the-woods and Polyporus frondosus are synonyms defined as:

hen-of-the-woods and Polyporus frondosus: large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees

Other synonyms of hen-of-the-woods include Grifola frondosa, hen of the woods.

hen-of-the-woods (noun)	Polyporus frondosus (noun)
large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees	large greyish-brown edible fungus forming a mass of overlapping caps that somewhat resembles a hen at the base of trees