I can understand why there would be some confusion - a really large woodear/jelly ear mushroom can get pretty crinkly and share some of the overall look of the false morel.

However, I feel pretty confident that the mushroom pictured above is a false morel and not a woodear.

Three important observations should clear it up:

1. where was it growing. It looks like it was growing on the ground as opposed to sprouting from a rotten piece of wood or a tree. +1 false morel

2. Does it have a stem? I can't tell in the photos but if i had to guess I'd say there is probably a rounded, somewhat mishapen, more lightly colored stem underneath that cap. Jelly ears can sometimes have a little stem sort of thing, but usually they are stemless.

3. Showing a picture of the entire mushroom cut down the middle, from cap through stem, if its there, might also help.

Plus in your first picture i think i see pines in the background which would further support false morels as they tend to enjoy coniferous forests and mountainous areas (if this was, as your namesake suggests, in Colorado