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J. Phys. IV France
Volume 107, May 2003
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| Page(s) | 185 - 188 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/jp4:20030273 | |
J. Phys. IV France 107 (2003) 185
DOI: 10.1051/jp4:20030273
Mercury contents and its bioconcentration by edible mushroom Brown Birch Scaber Stalk Leccinum scabrum (Bull. ex Fr.) S. F. Gray collected from various sites in Poland
L. Bielawski and J. FalandyszUniversity of Gdansk, Department of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, 18 Sobieskiego St., 80-952 Gdansk, Poland
Abstract
To understand pollution picture with mercury and to examine suitability of Brown Birch Scaber Stalk
Leccinum scabrum (Bull. ex Fr.) S.F. Gray as possible bioindicator the total mercury concentrations were determined
both in the fruiting bodies and underlying soil substrate collected from various forest ecosystems in Poland in
1994-2001. There were some variations of mercury concentration of the caps and stalks, respectively, depending on the
sampling site. Mercury content of the caps exceeded that of stalks (p
<0.05), while Hg BCF values varied between 9
and 40, and 4 and 40, respectively.
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