Table 3.

PCA matrix for Cd concentration in cap and stipe parts of Tricholoma spp.

Mushroom Species	Variables	Principal Component
		PC 1	PC 2
T. columbetta (n = 38)	Variance (%)	94.04	5.95
	Eigenvalues	0.0013	0.0003
	Cd cap	0.99	−0.01
	Cd stipe	0.01	0.99
T. portentosum (n = 34)	Variance (%)	90.96	9.04
	Eigenvalues	0.0038	0.0001
	Cd cap	0.99	−0.01
	Cd stipe	0.01	0.99
T. terreum (n = 35)	Variance (%)	99.25	0.75
	Eigenvalues	0.0013	0.0005
	Cd cap	0.79	−0.60
	Cd stipe	0.60	0.80