Weird fungus - bright orange. What is it?

[conuly]

It was growing on our nearly-dead tree outside my window. I couldn't get a good picture of it, but the limb fell down recently (honestly, the best thing to do would be to chop down the whole tree now, but nobody listens when I say that) so I went up and took two pictures, one of the underside and one of the... uh... otherside.

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Re: Guess at 1st glance

[earthnelements.livejournal.com]

That looks like a chicken fungus, not the same as the unidentified fungus. I have in my possession a piece of fungus exactly like what the OP is trying to identify. I too am trying to identify it. To confirm her findings I have a couple of pics on my flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/9169986@N07/2338642496/ take a look. There are no pores on the top side (the light colored side) the deep orange red velvety side IS definitely the underside. There is a central stump/stalk on the orange red side that the fungus seems to sprout grow from, and that stalk is firmly attached to the wood in which it grows.

I have a friend perusing a field guide to see if it is there, will post again if so.