Tree Fungus

sorry, can not really give a suggestion for this one. It seem that he has no gills, think i saw some white underside under the highest lying mushroom. Find it somewhat similair with my expierence, spotting a tree fungus from some distance (example: laetiporus sulphureus { Laetiporus gilbertsonii (California)- http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&cp=9&gs_id=1h&xhr=t&q=baumpilze&safe=off&gs_sm=&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1280&bih=672&bs=1&wrapid=tljp1318022885356016&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi#um=1&hl=nl&safe=off&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=+Laetiporus+gilbertsonii+(California)&oq=+Laetiporus+gilbertsonii+(California)&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=17354l17354l18l20934l1l1l0l0l0l0l210l210l2-1l1l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=6a38e539731da30c&biw=1280&bih=672 } ) many of those tree mushrooms have those tubes as gills, some are white and looking from some meters away as an smooth surface .On the piece totally to the left: it seems that the surface above is somewhat darker (grey-white,grey,yellow) than the boarder (white band).The first 2 pictures from the link are similair coloration. And those are usa- mushroom- species, even confirmed in california. I can only suggest, you set it as : tree fungus --> possibility for :Laetiporus. species ! good luck

is it longer there (6month or maybe already a year) like a red banded polypore or is the appearence of it a matter of weeks/1-season like some other edible mushrooms. could you see if he had gills (divided) or tubes (just white with the naked eye) . Was it looking as a soft or hard cap. maybe we come at least to a genus. will look by again the days