Contents of Cr, Mn, Fe, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd, and Pb in nine macrofungal species collected from Buyuk Menderes River Basin in Southwestern part of Turkey were determined by ICP-OES. The determined values were 6.316 mg/kg of Cr, 31.346 mg/kg of Mn, 1031.822 mg/kg of Fe, 17.056 mg/kg of Ni, 18.564 mg/kg of Cu, 40.00 mg/kg of Zn, 0.832 mg/kg of Cd and 2.019 mg/kg of Pb (in dry matter). The highest values were: 43.88 mg/kg Mn in Pisolithus arhizus, 2.94 mg/kg Cd in Schizophllum commune and 17.85 mg/kg Cr, 104.5 mg/kg Mn, 3226 mg/kg Fe, 46.03 mg/kg Cu and 4.511 mg/kg Pb in Coprinus disseminatus.
Key words: Buyuk Menderes River Basin, content, macrofungi, trace element.
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