As late autumn approaches, it's time to enjoy the golden ginkgo trees!

随着深秋临近，又到了欣赏金色银杏叶的季节！

But just as you go closer to take a photo, a very pungent smell hits your nose. Why are ginkgos so smelly?

但每每想要走近拍照，却总有一股非常刺鼻的气味扑鼻而来，银杏果为啥这么臭呢？

Clearly, ginkgo trees fail to keep humans away since the fruit often appears in dishes, especially in Asian countries.

显然，银杏树并不能让人类远离它，银杏果（白果）经常出现在菜肴中，尤其是在亚洲国家。

John's Wort, ginkgo biloba, something like that.

约翰草，银杏叶，类似的东西。

Analysis of the pollen showed that it was mostly from a mix of gymnosperm plants, including cycads and ginkgos.

对花粉的分析表明， 它主要来自裸子植物的混合物，包括苏铁和银杏。

The pollen it picked up was from a gymnosperm – the group that includes pines, cycads, and ginkgoes.

它采集的花粉来自裸子植物——包括松树、苏铁和银杏在内的植物群。

The small orange-colored " fruit" is, in fact, ginkgo seeds, which have several layers. The fresh outer layer has butyric acid, the main source of the smell.

银杏果有好几层外皮，新鲜的外果皮含有丁酸——也是它臭味的主要来源。

These are things like your nautiluses, your coelacanths, your ginkgo trees -- organisms that look basically the same today as they do in the fossil record.

这些生物就像你的鹦鹉螺、腔棘鱼、银杏树——今天看起来与化石记录中的生物基本相同的生物。

A recipient who opens their admission letter from Zhejiang Agriculture and Forestry University in Zhejiang province, will see a three-dimensional ginkgo tree figure in the top right corner, made of bamboo, symbolizing the school's ecological culture.

一位新生打开浙江农林大学的录取通知书，在右上角可以看到一颗三维的银杏树，由竹子制成，象征着学校的学习生态。