title: Accumulation and distribution of metallic elements and metalloids in edible Amanita fulva mushrooms.
abstract: Baseline concentrations of Ag, Al, As, Ba, Ca, Cd, Co, Cu, Cr, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na, Ni, P, Pb, Rb, Sr, Tl, V, U and Zn were presented in Amanita fulva collected from unpolluted areas in Poland. There is no previous data published on the bio-element constituents of A. fulva. A very narrow range of values was determined by ICP-DRC-MS and ICP-AES for the trace elements Ag, Co, Cu, Cr, Ni, Rb, Sr, Tl and Zn in caps and of Ag, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Sr, U and Zn in stipes and also for the macro elements K, P, Na and Mg. The fruitbodies of A. fulva from the northern (Baltic Sea coastal forests) and southwestern (Lower Silesia forests) sites differed substantially in cadmium, lead and uranium, and those from the Lower Silesia region showed them in greater concentrations. This observation may imply that A. fulva under typical geochemical site conditions is able to regulate the accumulation of many of the elements mentioned in fruiting bodies.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Gdańsk University, 63 Wita Stwosza Str., PL 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland. Electronic address: jerzy.falandysz@ug.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Falandysz
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Gdańsk University, 63 Wita Stwosza Str., PL 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Drewnowska
authors.affiliation: Department of Trace Element Analysis by Spectroscopy Method, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89b, PL 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chudzińska
authors.affiliation: Department of Trace Element Analysis by Spectroscopy Method, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89b, PL 61-614 Poznań, Poland.
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barałkiewicz
mesh_terms: D000363:Agaricales / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000545:Amanita / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D002104:Cadmium / Q000378:metabolism; D058955:Metalloids / Q000378:metabolism*; D019216:Metals, Heavy / Q000378:metabolism*; D011044:Poland; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods; D014131:Trace Elements / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D058955:Metalloids; D019216:Metals, Heavy; D014131:Trace Elements; D002104:Cadmium
keywords: Arsenic; Bio-metals; Food safety; Forest; Fungi; Heavy metals