The green burrs of the chestnut tree.
The mushroom season is starting, but also the chestnut season.
A few days ago, taking a stroll towards San Bernardo, I photographed these beautiful burrs, still green, from which beautiful and tasty chestnuts will emerge.
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Photo taken with Canon EOS M100 and lens Tamron 16-300.
At first it is green in colour; after maturation (when it opens into 2-4 valves) it becomes yellow-brownish. Internally it is cream in colour, covered with fine hairs. The dome is sub-spherical in shape with a diameter varying from 6–7 cm in wild plants to 10–15 cm in cultivated ones.
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