old man of the woods

American  

noun

1. an edible, mild-tasting mushroom, Strobilomyces floccopus, occurring in coniferous woodlands of eastern North America.

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Example Sentences

On his blog, Old Man of the Woods, in 2013, he lamented the “minor little” commissions he was getting.

From New York Times

When he did, it was in a wonderfully scratchy bass voice that sounded like an old man of the woods telling a tale of those who had passed by his tree hundreds of years ago.”

From Los Angeles Times

One of the company gets himself up to represent the old man of the woods, the rest take the names of various animals, such as lion, tiger, leopard and so on.

From Project Gutenberg

She was not sure how much she did care for the hard old man of the woods.

From Project Gutenberg

It became at last a joke among his compeers to ask him how his ears were—how he liked to have an old man of the woods on his back, and how he could allow himself to be thrashed by a fellow half a head shorter than himself, and so much younger.

From Project Gutenberg