Habitat: Found in the woods growing on the sides of fallen trees. Gills: White pores Stem: No stem. A very solid chunk as hard as the wood it's growing on. Cap: 4" wide, black/brown/red/white, hard, shell-like shape, Spore print color: white Bruising: slight light brownish colour
Hi 4ager, and thank you for the detailed description and photo. This is a red belt conk, Fomitopsis pinicola (pini-canadensis). They often do, but not always have the red "belt" near margin. They can resemble artists conks and vice versa, but the pore bruising colour is darker for artists conks.
I find it difficult to differentiate between all the different conks. As always Frog, thanks for your quick reply.