Samples of the edible mushroom Laccaria amethystina, which is known to accumulate arsenic, were collected from two uncontaminated beech forests and an arsenic-contaminated one in Denmark. The total arsenic concentration was 23 and 77 mg As g À1 (dry weight) in the two uncontaminated samples and 1420
Arsenic accumulation in the mushroom Laccaria amethystina
✍ Scribed by A.R. Byrne; M. Tušek-Žnidarič
- Book ID
- 119021381
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 226 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0045-6535
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