Would like to see what it looked like underneath (pores or gills, their shape & colour), but the surface texture of the cap and hairs on the margin are somewhat suggestive of the genus Lentinus (assuming that is the current name)
I'd guess Polyporus arcularius - based on the colour, small navel-like centre, marginal hairs, seemingly hairless cap surface (but with short, radially arranged scales). This species is found locally in a wide variety of habitats and is fairly common. You do get Lentinus (or Panus) fasciatus locally. It is similar but with a densely hairy cap surface. As KenT says, a view of the underside would be useful, that of Polyporus having elongated, radially orientated pores while Lentinus had gills. I understand a reluctance to break a single specimen. What some people do is to carry a small mirror with them, such as a dentist's mirror with a handle, and hold that so that it reflects a view of the underside which is then photographed.
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