Horse Chestnut or ????

[Fishman]

I was out riding my bike yesterday in a local park and found a couple of trees that I need help identifying. They are roughly 10-15 feet tall. They were bearing what I thought was a fruit that looked like an odd sand pear. It was yellow and golden brown, but it didn't feel like a pear. I went back today to get additional photos and found one of the "fruits" had split open. When I touched it to get a better look, three nuts fell out. The nuts look similar to a chestnut, but are light brown and the tree looked nothing like a chestnut tree. Is this a horse chestnut of some type? It looks like some photos I saw of horse chestnuts, but the outer skin is smooth and there were three nuts within the single fruit. Anybody know what this is?

 

[Brushpile]

Based on your location it's probably Red Buckeye.

 

[Fishman]

Red buckeye was one of my thoughts that I should have mentioned. I have a Mississippi field guide that lists red buckeye, but the bark in the field guide photo looks different and the nuts don't have an eye like some of the photos I have found. I will definitely not be roasting the nuts and trying them as the field guide says the nuts are deadly poisonous if consumed.

I just checked another reference and it definitely looks like red buckeye. Thanks for the help.