201. Levels of platinum group elements and rare-earth elements in wild mushroom species growing in Poland.
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Mleczek, Mirosław, Niedzielski, Przemysław, Kalač, Pavel, Siwulski, Marek, Rzymski, Piotr, and Gąsecka, Monika
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PLATINUM group , *RARE earth metals , *COMPOSITION of mushrooms , *INDUCTIVELY coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry , *PLEUROTUS ostreatus , *POLLUTANTS - Abstract
Due to limited data-describing abilities of mushrooms to accumulate platinum group elements (PGEs) and rare-earth elements (REEs), the aim of this study was to determine, by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry followed by microwave-assisted sample digestion by nitric acid, the content of these elements in 20 mushroom species (10 above ground and 10 growing on wood), mostly edible, collected near a busy trunk road. The highest content of PGEs in above-ground mushroom species was observed inLepista gilvaandSuillus bovinusfruit bodies (0.38 ± 0.05 and 0.37 ± 0.03 mg kg−1DW, respectively), while in mushrooms growing on wood, the highest content was observed inPleurotus ostreatus(0.35 ± 0.04 mg kg−1DW). The mean content of PGEs for both these groups was 0.23 ± 0.08 and 0.26 ± 0.07 mg kg−1DW, respectively. The highest content of REEs inSuillus luteusandTricholoma equestrawas 5.03 ± 0.50 and 2.18 ± 0.56 mg kg−1DW, respectively, but within mushrooms growing on wood inGanoderma applanatumfruiting bodies it was 4.19 ± 0.78 mg kg−1DW. Mean contents of REEs were 1.39 ± 1.21 and 1.61 ± 0.97 mg kg−1DW in above-ground species and species growing on wood, respectively. Generally, the group of mushroom species growing on wood was capable of slightly higher accumulation of both REEs and PGEs. No limits have been established for both the groups until now. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
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