Nathan W.

I found this large specimen growing from the base of a hardwood. It's clearly very mature so the coloration is rather misleading; but given it's grown in brackets, is ringed along each one, and its underside is made up of dense tube-like pores, I'm confident it belongs in the Laetiporus genus. However I'm clueless as to the species.

Take my word with a grain of salt, but I believe you've found some Cinnabars (Cantharellus Cinnabarinus). One of if not the smallest variety of chanterelle, and rather good to eat. I usually prepare them more like black trumpets than I would a chant tho on account of they're size.