Table 2.

Cadmium contents in Tricholoma spp. and related forest soil (mg/kg dry weight), Q_C/S index, and BCF values (mean ± SD, median, and range).

Mushroom Species, Localities, and Number of Specimens	Cd Concentration				BCFcap	BCFstipe	BCFfullbody	QC/S
	Cap	Stipe	Full Body	Soil
T. columbetta, Brezova Gora, n = 14	0.91 ± 0.13	0.66 ± 0.06	0.78 ± 0.16	0.24 ± 0.14	5.44 ± 4.07	3.95 ± 2.93	5.04 ± 4.39	1.38 ± 0.12
	0.90	0.65	0.75	0.23	3.89	2.84	3.26	1.40
	(0.75–1.11)	(0.57–0.78)	(0.57–1.10)	(0.07–0.57)	(1.37–14.84)	(1.09–10.19)	(1.93–8.14)	(1.18–1.60)
T. columbetta Medvednica, Stubaki, n = 14	0.94 ± 0.11	0.73 ± 0.06	0.83 ± 0.14	0.38 ± 0.09	2.67 ± 0.86	2.08 ± 0.75	2.67 ± 0.70	1.29 ± 0.14
	0.96	0.73	0.80	0.37	2.43	1.85	2.16	1.27
	(0.76–1.13)	(0.61–0.83)	(0.60–1.13)	(0.19–0.52)	(1.54–5.07)	(1.32–4.19)	(2.17–3.16)	(1.10–1.60)
T. columbetta Petrova Gora, n = 10	0.92 ± 0.11	0.71 ± 0.05	0.81 ± 0.13	0.23 ± 0.08	4.54 ± 1.85	3.46 ± 1.06	4.49 ± 1.75	1.29 ± 0.15
	0.88	0.72	0.79	0.21	4.23	3.40	3.76	1.23
	(0.81–1.17)	(0.64–0.77)	(0.63–1.17)	(0.11–0.36)	(2.45–9.06)	(2.13–5.90)	(3.25–5.73)	(1.15–1.54)
T. portentosum Island Krk, n = 10	0.88 ± 0.06	0.66 ± 0.02	0.83 ± 0.17	0.27 ± 0.08	3.67 ± 1.85	2.78 ± 1.32	4.03 ± 1.60	1.33 ± 0.09
	0.90	0.67	0.80	0.30	3.00	2.27	2.67	1.35
	(0.78–0.94)	(0.63–0.69)	(0.62–1.13)	(0.12–0.39)	(2.34–8.56)	(1.61–6.19)	(2.90–5.17)	(1.18–1.45)
T. portentosum Ravna Gora, n = 11	0.99 ± 0.08	0.68 ± 0.03	0.77 ± 0.11	0.17 ± 0.04	6.17 ± 1.77	4.20 ± 1.04	5.19 ± 1.56	1.46 ± 0.11
	0.98	0.68	0.73	0.17	5.85	3.99	4.29	1.46
	(0.88–1.13)	(0.63–0.72)	(0.63–0.94)	(0.10–0.23)	(4.35–9.36)	(3.11–6.14)	(4.09–6.30)	(1.32–1.59)
T. portentosum Labinština, n = 13	0.89 ± 0.16	0.70 ± 0.08	0.79 ± 0.15	0.21 ± 0.05	4.59 ± 1.57	3.60 ± 1.11	4.48 ± 1.12	1.26 ± 0.14
	0.87	0.72	0.76	0.20	4.14	3.49	3.80	1.23
	(0.69–1.19)	(0.59–0.81)	(0.58–1.18)	(0.11–0.32)	(2.63–7.92)	(2.31–6.52)	(3.69–5.27)	(1.06–1.57)
T. terreum Maksimir, n = 10	0.80 ± 0.05	0.64 ± 0.01	0.71 ± 0.09	0.30 ± 0.09	2.78 ± 1.06	2.18 ± 0.76	2.94 ± 1.23	1.27 ± 0.06
	0.81	0.63	0.69	0.33	1.91	1.91	2.09	1.28
	(0.73–0.87)	(0.62–0.66)	(0.61–0.87)	(0.16–0.42)	(1.86–5.43)	(1.57–4.03)	(2.07–3.81)	(1.17–1.35)
T. terreum Dugi Dol, Karlovac, n = 12	0.77 ± 0.04	0.60 ± 0.02	0.68 ± 0.09	0.18 ± 0.07	4.64 ± 1.59	3.67 ± 1.26	4.28 ± 2.01	1.28 ± 0.09
	0.77	0.59	0.66	0.17	4.53	3.69	3.88	1.28
	(0.68–0.83)	(0.58–0.65)	(0.57–0.83)	(0.10–0.29)	(2.82–8.25)	(2.05–5.79)	(2.86–5.70)	(1.13–1.43)
T. terreum Skrad, n = 13	0.75 ± 0.03	0.59 ± 0.02	0.66 ± 0.08	0.23 ± 0.09	3.61 ± 1.36	2.85 ± 1.02	3.55 ± 1.69	1.26 ± 0.07
	0.74	0.58	0.66	0.22	3.43	2.56	3.00	1.26
	(0.68–0.81)	(0.57–0.65)	(0.57–0.80)	(0.12–0.34)	(2.16–5.93)	(1.79–4.54)	(2.35–4.75)	(1.14–1.39)

Q_C/S (cap to stipe Cd content quotient); BCF_cap, BCF_stipe, and BCF_fullbody (bioconcentration factor values for caps, stipes, and full body).