“Filbert? Filbert? Where is that boy?”
Turkish filbert or hazelnut (Corylus colurna). Shell and two halves of another.
The frilly husk, or bristly involucre to the hort pros, of the nut dries out to a gnarly, tentacled beauty. I was late this year and found only two twisted, nut-less examples under this Green-Wood tree, so here’s one from my wunderkammer:
Backyard and Beyond 
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