Luis Plut, from Osoyoos, likes to pick mushrooms, but he’d never seen one like this one that he brought to the Osoyoos Times last week. He found it near Rock Creek and says it’s a “chicken of the woods.” We think it might actually be a “turkey of the woods.” Luis says these are edible, but he wanted to preserve this for posterity rather than eat it. He was hoping someone in the community could give him advice on how to dry it or otherwise preserve it. We posted this photo on social media and the consensus was that it’s very hard to preserve it and keep its shape, but it would make a very good mushroom soup. When Luis isn’t picking mushrooms, he’s also a great accordion player. (Richard McGuire photo)
