Table 4.

Concentration of macro- and trace elements in different mushrooms from the region (expressed in mg/kg or * g/kg). If not otherwise specified, the results refer to the fruiting body.

	Croatia		Serbia			Italy
Element	Edible (Caps and Stipes) [40,41,42]	Agaricus sp., Trichaptum biforme [12]	M. procera (Caps and Stipes) [34,35]	Edible [50]	Boletaceae (Edible) [51]	Different Fungal Species [38]	Morchella Group [37]
Al		623–925	29–5664	54.2–396	27.7–608		0.05–0.33
As		0.19–3.64	0.01–3.40		0.03–1.66	0.10–11.6	<DL–0.23
Ba		19.2–72.4	0.20–46	1.20–8.7			0.33–4.06
Be		0.02–0.41					<DL
Bi		0.04–0.08			0.02–1.40		<DL
Cd	0.60–3.23	0.02–0.18	0.04–43.5	0.27–2.93	0.68–2.94	0.16–101	0.18–21.5
Co		0.17–2.92	<DL–12.0		0.07–0.72		0.06–0.28
Cr	0.77–3.85	1.32–13.19	0.20–13.8	3.25–10.8	0.16–1.34		0.26–2.18
Cs		0.15–1.18					0.05–0.48
Cu	7.41–78.2	6.67–32.4	29–304	12.2–73.6	4.66–34.3		10.1–63
Fe	49.3–154	365–4905	30–4018	45.9–319	24.4–515		35–517
Li		0.49–7.57		0.21–1.27			0.03–0.67
Mn		18.9–248	7.6–367	9.0–35.5	2.91–23.8		7.5–46.3
Mo		0.16–0.43		1.14–2.3			0.2–0.45
Ni	2.02–4.10	1.02–7.16	0.09–11.7	2.24–5.04	0.40–1.69		0.6–2.33
Pb	0.48–1.91	1.29–5.73	<DL–14.3	6.32–9.8	0.29–10.6	0.58–10.6	<DL–1.09
Rb		2.28–12.6			23.74–500		2.55–36.6
Sb		0.05–0.28		4.9–26.1			0.01–0.05
Sc
Se			0.17–3.3		0.04–2.32	0.2–94.4	<DL–0.49
Sn		0.14–0.61					<DL
Sr		7.98–21.7	0.08–29.9	1.15–4.34	0.50–4.71		0.8–5.8
Ti		59.02–647	1.2–156				6.31–18.8
Tl		0.01–0.17					0.002–0.13
You		0.04–0.46					0.001–0.02
V		1.34–15.7					0.06–1.26
Zn	41.99–90.56	21.3–59.1	27.3–535	38.7–117	17.6–301.6		99.7–259
Ca *			0.02–4.43	0.55–2.12	0.11–2.33		0.28–3.51
K *			11–120	11.3–41.8	10.1–21.2		25.6–> 43
Mg *			0.69–3.4	0.29–1.12			0.79–2.64
Na *			11–1900	0.41–0.93	39.8–916		0.1–0.83