# Can anyone ID this for me, please?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 30, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-for-me-please/611131 "2012-01-30T01:00:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![smellyann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@smellyann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smellyann)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-for-me-please/611131/1 "2012-01-30T01:00:12Z")

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😕

[http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b210/robandmel/22e0f08d.jpg](http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b210/robandmel/22e0f08d.jpg)

Found on Mattaponi Indian Reservation, near West Point, VA. We found tons of these on the ground. Do not believe it is a gall. Thanx!

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**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-for-me-please/611131/2 "2012-01-30T03:39:20Z")

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Any black walnut trees around there? If it has a slight citrus smell to it, it’s probably a rotted [walnut husk](http://www.blindpigandtheacorn.com/.a/6a00e54ffe2ad388330133f5da4f92970b-popup).

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**Author:** ![smellyann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@smellyann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smellyann)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-for-me-please/611131/3 "2012-01-30T03:41:10Z")

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I thought they looked like walnuts, too, and the Mattaponi Indian who tasted it (!!) said it was bitter, but I wouldn’t know a Walnut tree if it walked up and bit me… you know. It’s 90 min from here, so I’ll have to wait a while before I can try and go back to ID the trees. Thanks for the reply. 🙂

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-for-me-please/611131/4 "2012-01-30T03:57:09Z")

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Persimmons?

Or dog shit?

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**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-id-this-for-me-please/611131/5 "2012-01-30T04:10:14Z")

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Looks like a buckeye husk to me.