Accumulation pattern of inorganic elements in scaly tooth mushroom (Sarcodon imbricatus) from Northern Poland.

In this study, elements such as silver (Ag), aluminium (Pb),  barium (Ba), calcium (Ca), cadmium (Cd), cobalt (Co,) chromium (Cr), copper (Cu), iron (Fe),  mercury (Hg), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), sodium (Na), nickel (Ni), phosphorous (P), lead (Pb), rubidium (Rb), strontium (Sr) and zinc (Zn) were measured in caps and stems of fruiting bodies of   S. imbricatus collected from the Wdzydze forests in Central and the Augustowska Primeval forest in Eastern Poland. Results revealed that a wide variation in concentrations of various metals in caps and stems samples collected from the two forests. Toxic metallic elements such as As, Cd, Hg and Pb showed preferential accumulation in caps than stems samples from both the forests.  However, the concentrations of Cd, Hg and Pb in the mushroom samples were below the established weekly intake tolerance limits. PMID: 32233068 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Chemistry and Biodiversity - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Tags: Chem Biodivers Source Type: research