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THE CONTENT OF ZINC, LEAD AND CADMIUM IN BAY BOLETE (XEROCOMUS BADIUS (FR.) E.) COLLECTED FROM A STRONGLY POLLUTED FOREST COMPLEX
 
 
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Zakład Ekologii Lasu i Rekultywacji, Wydział Leśny, Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. H. Kołłątaja w Krakowie, Al. 29-ego Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków
 
 
Publication date: 2016-09-09
 
 
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Marek Pająk   

Zakład Ekologii Lasu i Rekultywacji UR w Krakowie, Al. 29 Listopada 46, 31-425 Kraków, Polska
 
 
Inż. Ekolog. 2016; 49:221-226
 
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The research was carried out in the Świerklaniec Forest District, the Brynica sub-district, which is located in the immediate vicinity of a metallurgical plant, a zinc mine named Huta Cynku "Miasteczko Śląskie" (HCMŚ). In autumn 2008, in the area in question, 31 permanent trial plots were established, aligned within a regular net of squares, with dimensions of 1500×1500 m. The trial plots were located to the north-east and to the east of the emitter (the HCMŚ zinc mine), accordingly with the direction of prevailing winds. In September 2013, and September and October 2014, sporocarps of bay bolete (Xerocomus badius (Fr.) E.) were collected from the trial plots. The analyses performed for the material gathered covered a determination of heavy metal content in mushrooms (Zn, Pb and Cd), using a method of inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy ICP-AES. This paper aimed to establish the accumulation levels of selected heavy metals (Zn, Pb and Cd) in bay bolete growing in forests of the Brynica sub-district, in the Świerklaniec Forest District, and the correlation between their content in soil and in the mushrooms under scrutiny. The analyses revealed that the contamination degree in the investigated species was extremely high. The content of toxic elements in bay bolete significantly exceeded the acceptable standards referring to the maximum content of heavy metals in mushrooms, which was particularly true for cadmium.
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