hen of the woods vs Grifola frondosa

hen of the woods and Grifola frondosa both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hen of the woods	Yes	No	No	No
Grifola frondosa	Yes	No	No	No

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

hen of the woods and Grifola frondosa: 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 hen-of-the-woods, Polyporus frondosus.

hen of the woods (noun)	Grifola frondosa (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