THE NATURAL LEVELS OF ALUMINUM, CADMIUM AND LEAD IN WILDLIFE MUSHROOMS IN EASTERN CROATIA

For various wildlife mushrooms from the geological district of eastern Croatia, Slavonia, contents of aluminum, lead, and cadmium were deter mined. Analyses where performed by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectroscopy. The aluminum contents were between 9.82 and 32.83, with the average of 18.40 mg/kg dry weight, for edible mushrooms and 8.78 a nd 25.25, with the average of 18.40 mg/kg dry weight, for inedible and poisonous mushrooms. The lead contents were between 0.0 and 7.72, wit h the average of 1.21 mg/kg dry weight for edible mushrooms and betwee n 0.0 and 1.78, with the average of 0.48 mg/kg dry weight, for inedibl e and poisonous mushrooms. The cadmium contents were between 0.33 and 4.87, averaging 1.22 mg/kg dry weight, for edible mushrooms and 0.30 a nd 4.27 with the average of 1.69 mg/kg dry weight, for inedible and po isonous mushrooms.