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Article

Risk Assessment of the Wild Edible Leccinum Mushrooms Consumption According to the Total Mercury Content

by
Marek Šnirc
1,
Ivona Jančo
2,
Martin Hauptvogl
3,
Silvia Jakabová
1,
Lenka Demková
4 and
Július Árvay
1,*
1
Institute of Food Sciences, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
2
AgroBioTech Research Centre, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
3
Institute of Environmental Management, Faculty of European Studies and Regional Development, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia
4
Department of Ecology, Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences, University of Prešov, 081 16 Prešov, Slovakia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
J. Fungi 2023, 9(3), 287; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9030287
Submission received: 1 February 2023 / Revised: 16 February 2023 / Accepted: 20 February 2023 / Published: 22 February 2023
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Heavy Metals in Mushrooms)
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Abstract

Wild-growing edible mushrooms contain many biologically valuable substances. However, they are considered a risk commodity due to their extremely high capacity for bioaccumulation of potential risk elements and pollutants from the environment. Four bolete mushrooms from the genus Leccinum were collected from 16 forested areas of Slovakia from June to October 2019. The total mercury content in soil and fruiting body parts was determined by an AMA-254 Advanced Mercury Analyzer. Soil pollution by total mercury was evaluated by contamination factor (Cfi). Bioaccumulation factor (BCF), translocation factor (Qc/s), percentage of provisional tolerable weekly intake (%PTWI), and target hazard quotient (THQ) were used to describe and compare uptake and transition abilities of mushrooms, and the health risk arising from consumption of the mushrooms. Total mercury content varied between 0.05 to 0.61 mg kg−1 DW in the soil/substrate samples, and between 0.16 and 5.82 (caps), and 0.20 and 3.50 mg kg−1 DW (stems) in fruiting body samples. None of the analyzed locations represented a health risk based on %PTWI values, however, three locations may pose a significant health risk from the perspective of THQ values.
Keywords: mercury; risk assessment; contamination; bioaccumulation; Leccinum mercury; risk assessment; contamination; bioaccumulation; Leccinum

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Šnirc, M.; Jančo, I.; Hauptvogl, M.; Jakabová, S.; Demková, L.; Árvay, J. Risk Assessment of the Wild Edible Leccinum Mushrooms Consumption According to the Total Mercury Content. J. Fungi 2023, 9, 287. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9030287

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Šnirc M, Jančo I, Hauptvogl M, Jakabová S, Demková L, Árvay J. Risk Assessment of the Wild Edible Leccinum Mushrooms Consumption According to the Total Mercury Content. Journal of Fungi. 2023; 9(3):287. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9030287

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Šnirc, Marek, Ivona Jančo, Martin Hauptvogl, Silvia Jakabová, Lenka Demková, and Július Árvay. 2023. "Risk Assessment of the Wild Edible Leccinum Mushrooms Consumption According to the Total Mercury Content" Journal of Fungi 9, no. 3: 287. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9030287

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Šnirc, M., Jančo, I., Hauptvogl, M., Jakabová, S., Demková, L., & Árvay, J. (2023). Risk Assessment of the Wild Edible Leccinum Mushrooms Consumption According to the Total Mercury Content. Journal of Fungi, 9(3), 287. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9030287

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