Sulfur fungus

Description:

Sulfur shelves are one of the most noticeable fungi. The bright yellow to orange lobed fruiting body, composed of many overlapping shelves, may be up to a foot in diameter. Sulfur shelves can be found growing on a large variety of deciduous and coniferous trees, both living and dead. Shelves typically appear in the summer or fall. The fruiting bodies of sulfur shelf fungi are annual, which means that they do not persist year to year.

Habitat:

I spotted two fungi, one at the base of a tree and the other further away from the tree in the woods at Pokagon State Park in Angola, Indiana.