Radionuclides in sporocarps of medicinaly important fungi of Fruska Gora hill [Serbia]
2002
Karaman, M., Prirodno-matematicki fakultet, Novi Sad (Serbia). Institut za biologiju | Matavulj, M., Prirodno-matematicki fakultet, Novi Sad (Serbia). Institut za biologiju | Conkic, Lj., Prirodno-matematicki fakultet, Novi Sad (Serbia). Institut za fiziku
The content of radionuclides in six lignicolous saprophytic and parasitic fungal species was analyzed. Samples were collected in 1999 autumn at two sites of the Fruska Gora Hill. Since fungi absorb radionuclides mostly from the substrate, soil and tree samples were also collected and analyzed. Certain characteristics of fungal species play an important role in the process of radionuclide absorption. On the other hand, the degree of radionuclide accumulation is very important for the fungi of potential pharmaceutical significance. The results on the radioactivity concentration in the analyzed fungi could be used both for the bioindication investigations, soil and substrate contamination in particular, and for estimation of the forest ecological status. The activity concentration level of most critical radionuclide 137Cs was about ten times lower in these species then in Pholiota squarrosa, characterized by the highest activity concentration level of 55(4) Bq/kg (d.m.).
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