The fungus among us

This thing is not something I can identify. It is extremely leathery and I used a knife to scrape a piece off the tree It is growing on a hedge tree. I found the exoskeleton of a cicada embedded in the piece that I removed. You can see this in the extra.

A humid day with temps around 80 today. No rain today but expected tonight. Thank you all for your comments and stars for the brome yesterday. It is very much a central figure in the life of many Kansans.