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Accumulation of aluminum, cadmium, lead and calcium was studied in the wood-roting fungiDaedalea quercina, Ganoderma applanatum, Stereum hirsutum andSchizophyllum commune. The heavy metal content was measured in mycelia cultured in liquid media in the presence of either individual Al, Cd, Pb and Ca salts or of their mixtures. After 8-d cultivations in media containing 1 mmol/L concentration of individual heavy metals, the lead content was maximal in the mycelium ofStereum hirsutum (90.6 mmol/g) while the mycelium ofGanoderna applanatum contained maximal values of cadmium (272 mmol/g), aluminum (600 mmol/g) and calcium (602 mmol/g). When the mycelia were grown on mixtures of all metal salts, lead was the preferentially accumulated ion except inG. applanatum which had a higher affinity for aluminum.
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Gabriel, J., Mokrejš, M., Bílý, J. et al. Accumulation of heavy metals by some wood-rotting fungi. Folia Microbiol 39, 115–118 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02906805
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