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Hen-of-the-woods can grow quite large. Some mushroom hunters have scored massive mushrooms weighing up to 50 pounds (about 23 kg), but most weigh 3–15 pounds (1.5–7 kg).

Mushrooms generally don’t show up on a 5-panel test, and the same goes for 8-, 10-, and 12-panel tests. However, specialized tests designed to detect mushrooms do exist.