Content and Bioaccumulation of Nine Mineral Elements in Ten Mushroom Species of the Genus Boletus

Table 5

Correlation matrix that gives the relationship between element concentrations of caps and underlying soil.

Elements in soils	Elements in mushrooms
	Ca	Cu	Fe	K	Mg	Mn	Na	P	Zn
Ca	0.406	0.262	0.681	0.299	0.322	0.57	−0.031	0.445	0.065
Cu	0.021	0.556	0.487	0.475	0.58	0.1	0.289	0.775	−0.392
Fe	0.01	0.492	0.382	0.509	0.54	0.061	0.322	0.728	−0.355
K	0.327	−0.477	−0.162	−0.362	−0.644	0.159	−0.233	−0.305	0.067
Mg	0.173	0.242	0.372	−0.217	−0.176	0.345	−0.318	0.257	−0.262
Mn	0.52	0.253	0.563	0.403	0.328	0.431	0.241	0.667	−0.336
Na	−0.131	0.214	0.09	−0.217	−0.232	0.22	0.174	0.046	−0.321
P	0.582	−0.5	0.292	0.186	−0.092	0.294	0.111	0.016	0.276
Zn	0.137	0.423	0.483	0.673	0.675	0.128	0.456	0.760	−0.295

Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2-tailed).
Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).