I found this today while out for a walk in the woods. It was in the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island.
A partly discolored ascocarp of Helvella lacunosa. Cheers, Harri Harmaja http://www.luomus.fi/users/harmaja/index.htm
I am thinking closer to the Hypomyces cervinigenus. There were several of them all like this one. Very odd looking thing! Thanks for your help!