They look like Mica caps(Coprinellus micaceus) to me. Were they sparkly by chance?

Nope, these guys are a choice edible. You are probably thinking of gyromitra genus.

That is interesting. I have some weird gymnopilus that I does not fit cleanly into a species(I am probably missing something honestly), I will have to look into that program to finally find out. Thanks for passing that along.

Are you doing the sequencing or are you sending it off for analysis?