TABLE 6.14 Pre- and Post-Chernobyl Radiation Levels in the Environment and in Mushrooms

Chernobyl (Oolbekkink and Kuyper, 1989) (Table 6.14). These fungi also accumulated more radioactivity than other organisms in the ecosystem, and can be considered to be good indicator species of radionuclide contamination (Fraiture et al., 1990; Giovani et al., 1990) (Table 6.15).