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Bioconcentration Factors and Trace Elements Bioaccumulation in Sporocarps of Fungi Collected from Quartzite Acidic Soils

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The content of 19 metals (Al, V, Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Ga, Rb, Sr, Zr, Nb, Cs, Ba, Ce, Pb, Th, U and Nd) was investigated in 15 edible species of phylum Basidiomycota collected in an area with quartzite acidic soils in a province of the central Spain. The study explores the differences in metal accumulation in relation to fungal species, and the results were related to metal content in soil through the determination of bioconcentration factors. Regarding the highest concentrations, Zn, Al, Cu and Rb were the metals more accumulated in the sporocarps. Notable concentrations were also found in Sr, Zr, Ba, Cs and Ce. The major bioconcentration factors were found for Cu and Zn in sporocarps of Agaricus silvicola and Lepista nuda. Regarding the different species, Tricholoma equestre and Cantharellus cibarius were those with the greatest capacity to absorb trace elements, and in contrast, Amanita caesarea and Agaricus campestris showed the lowest values. The cluster analysis shows that there are some species with the same nutritive physiology that share similarities in the absorptive behaviour. Lactarius sanguifluus and Lactarius deliciosus, both ectomycorrhizas of the genus Pinus, are closely related, and Clitocybe gibba, L. nuda and Marasmius oreades, all of them saprobes on soil organic matter, are very close too.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Carlos Rivera from the ITQUIMA—UCLM for his technical support using X-ray fluorescence spectrometer, Carlos Sánchez from Chemistry–Physics Department—UCLM for allowing the measurements, to our students of Agronomic Engineering Faculty of Ciudad Real (ETSIA-CR—UCLM), our friends of the Mycological Society of Saceruela and of AVAN for their invaluable assistance collecting and handling the mushrooms. We also thank sincerely to anonymous reviewers for their effort and time spent reading the paper and making corrections, valuable suggestions and advices.

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  1. Departamento de Producción Vegetal y Tecnología Agrícola, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, RD de Calatrava 7, 13071, Ciudad Real, Spain

    Juan Antonio Campos

  2. Departamento de Fisiología Vegetal, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Granada, Campus de Cartuja s/n, 18071, Granada, Spain

    Noel Amaurys Tejera

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Campos, J.A., Tejera, N.A. Bioconcentration Factors and Trace Elements Bioaccumulation in Sporocarps of Fungi Collected from Quartzite Acidic Soils. Biol Trace Elem Res 143, 540–554 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12011-010-8853-4

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