This is an interesting poroid crust that presents here as neat pads of material with an almost reverse coralloid surface - flat with the irregular pores chased into it. The substrate is a highly decayed and quite soft birch branch. There is a very slight pinkish tinge and I should go back to see if I can get it to bruise pink as well. It resembles some images of Ceriopora excelsa (Lundell) Parmasto, which is also said to be soft and quite easily removable, with only 2 - 3 pores per mm. The pores here are bigger, I couldn't get it to bruise and it wasn't easy to remove from the substrate.
Ted Lapper thinks this might be a young Datronia mollis, the Common Mazegill. He might well be right!
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