Selected Metals in Various Fractions of Soil and Fungi in a Swedish Forest

Table 1

Mean concentrations of Co, Ni and Cd (mg kg⁻¹ DW) in soil fractions and fungi, mean values ± standard deviation.

Element	Bulk soil	Rhizosphere	Soil-root interface	Fungal mycelium	Fruit bodies
Co	0.79 ± 0.44^a	1.06 ± 0.6^a	0.59 ± 0.29^a	0.98 ± 0.65^a	0.11 ± 0.13
Ni	3.45 ± 2.1^a	4.62 ± 2.1^a	2.01 ± 1.0^a	3.13 ± 1.9^a	0.55 ± 0.34
Cu	10.4 ± 7.8^a	13.1 ± 5.5^a	11.9 ± 4.5^a	15.8 ± 5.7^a	28.8 ± 17.3
Zn	38.5 ± 24.7^a	31.9 ± 9.6^a	44.2 ± 5.4^a	69.7 ± 22.1^b	120.2 ± 5.7
Cd	0.29 ± 0.13^a	0.35 ± 0.11^a	0.81 ± 0.39^b	1.5 ± 1.6^b	3.1 ± 3.1
Pb	18.4 ± 8.6^a	16.5 ± 6.2^a	7.7 ± 2.4^b	12.6 ± 4.7^a	0.25 ± 0.17

The means within rows with different letters (a, b) represent a significant difference (𝑃<0.01).