Scandium, yttrium, and lanthanide occurrence in Cantharellus cibarius and C. minor mushrooms

Abstract

AbstractThere is a dearth of data on rare earth elements (REE), yttrium and scandium in foods which extends also to baseline datasets for edible wild mushrooms, though this has started to change in the last decade. Concentrations and shale normalized patterns of REE and Y (REY) were studied by using inductively coupled plasma–quadrupole mass spectrometer in 22 pools (2235 specimens) ofCantharellus cibarius(Golden Chanterelle) collected in Poland and also a pool ofC. minor(Small Chanterelle) (153 specimens) from Yunnan (Chinese Province). The total REY plus Sc varied inC. cibariusfrom 10 to 593 µg kg−1dw whereas that for the Yunnan’sC. minorwas 2072 µg kg−1dw.C. minorfrom Yunnan has higher REY and Sc compared to theC. cibarius. Sc concentrations in twentyC. cibariuspools were below 1 µg kg−1dw, but 17 and 27 µg kg−1dw were detected at the other two sites and 66 µg kg−1dw was detected inC. minor. The median Y content ofC. cibariusandC. minorwas 22 µg kg−1dw and 200 µg kg−1dw. The difference in REY and Sc concentrations and shale normalized patterns between mushrooms from Poland and Yunnan seems to reflect the regional difference in concentration and composition of these elements in the soil bedrock.