Peziza
If you look carefully at these next two photos of Peziza violacea, you'll see a wispy cloud of spores in the second image. These cup fungi release their spores explosively when a wind triggers their asci to erupt, sending hundreds of thousands of spores adrift.
This fecund cup fungus was grooving along under some aspen trees in a burned area in Alaska. Colonies of this fungus were abundant, and seemed to come out just prior to the morels appearance.
This is Peziza domiciliana group, which is often found fruiting in wet basements, floors, etc. It is considered nonpoisonous, but I have no accounts of someone trying to eat it.
