The metal sorption potential of dead fungal biomass was determined by metal removal ability from 4 kind of metal contaminated artificial wastewater such as arsenic, cadmium, copper and lead. The fungal disk (5 mm diameters) which was removed from the pre-cultured plate was inoculated in ME liquid media for 7 days, and then the media was autoclave at 121℃ for 20 minutes. After that, each metal were spiked into the media, and it reacted for 3 days to give the enough time for sorption equilibrium. The remaining metals in supernatant were investigated, and metal sorption potential was determinced by the percentage of metal removal rate (%MRR).

It was expressed as ★★★★★ (100 ≥ % MRR > 80), ★★★★☆ (80 ≥ % MRR > 60), ★★★☆☆ (60 ≥ % MRR > 40), ★★☆☆☆ (40 ≥ % MRR > 20), ★☆☆☆☆ (20 ≥ % MRR > 0), and ☆☆☆☆☆ (no resistance).