hen-of-the-woods vs hen of the woods

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

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

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

hen-of-the-woods and 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

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

hen-of-the-woods (noun)	hen of the woods (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