ACCUMULATION OF METALS IN SOME WILD AND CULTIVATED MUSHROOM SPECIES

Abstract

In this study; the contents of some trace elements (Mg, Al, Ca, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Se), toxic heavy metal contents (Cr, As, Cd) and lead isotopes (206Pb, 207Pb and 208Pb) were determined in some wild edible (Amanita caesarea (Scop.) Pers., Cantharellus cibarius Fr., Craterellus cornucopioides (L.) Pers., Fistulina hepatica (Schaeff.) With., Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P. Karst) and cultivated mushroom (Agaricus bisporus (J.E. Lange) Imbach, Pleurotus ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm.) species. The trace elements and toxic heavy metal contents were found lower than the upper limits in both wild edible mushrooms and cultivation mushrooms. The elemental composition of the wild mushrooms and the cultivated mushrooms obtained from different firms was found to be statistically different (p