Assessment of the Impact of Metals in Wild Edible Mushrooms from Dambovita County, Romania, on Human Health

Edible wild mushrooms have considerable nutritional value, being widely used in Ro- mania as a traditional food. Mushrooms are an important source of essential minerals for the optimal functioning of the body and can accumulate some toxic metals that affect human health, this being the reason to investigate their metal content, and the possi- ble risks to human health associated with consuming mushrooms. Eighteen wild edible mushroom species from the forestry areas of Dâmbovit, a County,...