Thanks M.K. coral fungus does look much more likely.
Ac Baker wrote:Exciting! "An infrequent find in Britain and Ireland" apparently, so possibly a good sign of increasing biodiversity?
Maybe, although I did add some 'chaos' food garden mycorhyzza when planting some of my trees. I suspect
Clavulina cristata might be a more likely candidate for me. It looks like it is edible, although there would have to be much more to be worth picking (and I'd need to be more sure of identification too!).