Repaving the driveway truncated the roots of a maple tree and, this year, produced a handsome pair of fungii:
Seen from the side, they’re even more complex:
They’re firm and perfectly healthy, but the tree is likely doomed.
Monthly Image: Maple Tree Fungus
The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning 
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Maybe Cerioporus squamosus (Dryad’s saddle)? Edible? “Every mushroom is edible, but some only once.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerioporus_squamosus
Looks about right to me, although I am so not going to nibble from either the “Makes you larger” or “Makes you smaller” side.
Every few years, the local mushroom hunters get somebody who tries to prove the second part of that statement. Our place gets some really large ‘shrooms; somewhat bigger than a Portabello. No idea of toxicity or taste. [grin]