Trace element contents in some macrofungi from Büyük Menderes river basin

Abstract

Contents of Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in nine macrofungal species collected from Buyuk Menderes River Basin in Southwestern part of Turkey were determined by I CP-OES. The determined values were 6.316 mg/kg of Cr, 31.346 mg/kg of Mn, 1031.822 mg/kg of Fe, 17.056 mg/kg of Ni, 18.564 mg/kg of Cu, 40.00 mg/kg of Zn, 0.832 mg/kg of Cd and 2.019 mg/kg of Pb (in dry matter). The highest values were: 43.88 mg/kg Mn in Pisolithus arhizus, 2.94 mg/kg Cd in Schizophllum commune and 17.85 mg/kg Cr, 104.5 mg/kg Mn, 3226 mg/kg Fe, 46.03 mg/kg Cu and 4.511 mg/kg Pb in Coprinus disseminatus. .