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Liveaquaria.com has a couple of "beginner" coral packs. I'd be interested to hear what other members say about these packs though, you can never trust liveaquaria too much when it comes to factual info about thier species.
Mushrooms are about as simple as one can get. No real need for anything other than medium light. Other super easy corals would be one of the many types of leathers.