Minor element and heavy metal contents of wild growing and edible mushrooms from Western Black Sea Region of Turkey

Seventeen minor elements (B, Ca, Co, Cu, Fe, Ga, In, K, Li, Mg, Mn, Na, P, Se, Tl, V, Zn) and eight heavy metals (Ag, Al, As, Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb, Sr) were determined in twenty three wild growing and edible mushrooms (Sarcosphaera crassa, Pluteus salicinus, Sarcodon leucopus, Russula delica, Cantharellus cibarius, Tricholoma fracticum, Morchella rotunda, Morchella vulgaris, Suillus luteus, Lactarius deliciosus, Morchella costata, Agrocybe aegerita, Morchella deliciosa, Helvella leucopus, Morchella umbrina, Morchella rigida, Ramaria flava, Lactarius salmonicolor, Armillaria mellea, Lactarius piperatus, Suillus variegatus, Lactarius intermedius, and Tricholoma portentosum) collected from the Western Black Sea Region of Turkey. All the analyses were carried out by use of ICP-AES apparatus. The obtained data were analyzed statistically by twoway ANOVA test. The results showed that there were statistically meaningful differences among the elements analyzed.