Mushroom hunting, both recreational and commercial, is a popular and profitable activity in the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. Mushrooms collected from this region are marketed all over the world. Many species of wild edible mushrooms are known to accumulate heavy metals such as -Cu, Zn, Ni, Cr, and Cd. The work presented here is aimed at quantifying different heavy metal concentrations in specific species of wild edible mushrooms in northeastern Oregon. Multiple species that are commonly harvested were collected in different regions of the Blue Mountains. These samples were dried to determine moisture content and then digested for metal analysis using Flame Atomic Absorption.

Heavy metal content of wild edible mushrooms of northeast Oregon

247th National Meeting (2014)

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