Mercury content and bio-concentration potential of Slippery Jack, Suillus luteus, mushroom

Abstract This study aimed to assess the total Hg intake due to the meals made of fruit bodies of wild-grown Slippery Jack ( Suillus luteus ) fungus, which is popular and numerous species in young the common pine tree ( Pinus sylvestris ) forests of the northern chemosphere with temporal climate. Total mercury content has been determined separately in 120 composite samples of 383 caps and stipes of Slippery Jack and in surface soil layer (0–10 cm;