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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. 

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The large non-staining fronds roughly arranged in a rosette pattern suggest Bondarzewia berkeleyi (Berkeley's Polypore). I think this is a not-quite-mature one.

Could be Meripilus sumstinei. If so, then rubbing one of the fronds should cause it to bruise dark gray or black within 20 minutes. 

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