Unknown fungus

hi carol, i found something, it looks for me much like a member from the family "inonotus". i wanted to say look for some local species . here some links ( http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=298988 )-->(the funny thing is: was searching in my books, canot send you the book therefore have i to look at the internet, found something, AND there is exactly the picture i had in the book [the i-sites has taken the pictures from the autor of the book i have !!lol? ] ), ( http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&q=Inonotus%20dryophilus&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1110&bih=688&wrapid=tlif133160029738010&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=wJteT93ZNMid8gOYu52SBw ), ( http://www.messiah.edu/Oakes/fungi_on_wood/poroid%20fungi/species%20pages/Inonotus%20spp.htm ), ( http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&q=inonotus&psj=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&biw=1110&bih=688&wrapid=tlif133160060818610&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=Ap1eT4apBcO38QP29rCWBw ), good luck further. :)

btw- better is polypore (it has pores beneath), shelf-fungus can aslo point to "pleurotes {oyster} " which have gills

neither, i hope you haven't cook him yet. :) will look the next hours, now i have some own postings to do. till later .

Hen-of-the-woods?