How do you like your beefsteak (fungus)?

I was sent a picture of a pink fungus.  It looked a bit amorphous, no obvious stem or cap.  Apparently it was growing on an old oak in Bradgate Park.

This was an important clue in it's identification. I looked up the scientific name, Fistulina hepatica.  Hepatica means liver.  Young fungi look more like liver before maturing into the instantly recognisable beefsteak.
To check my theory out, I went up to Jubilee woods where I knew there was a tree with beefsteak fungi. Sure enough, it didn't disappoint. It is amazing how very much like a beefsteak they look. These ones were a bit old, however, and had lost their pink raw meat colour. One had even fallen on the floor.

But further down the same fallen tree, I found the evidence I was looking for: a small, pink amorphous blob of the hepatica type.  So this confirmed the ID of my friend's initial find.