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This study investigates the tolerance potential of different species of indigenous fungi that have been isolated from different contaminated sites. The highly resistant organism was optimized under different processed conditions. 11 fungal isolates (F1–F11) have been isolated from samples contaminated with Cd in potato agar plates amended with various concentration ranging from 100–500ppmof Cd(II). The fungi which were found resistant to Cd(II) in primary screening were subjected to secondary screening. Among these strains, isolate F2 was found to be the most tolerant against the Cd(II) at higher concentration with removal percentage of 74.76 ± 0.24 and uptake of 5.02 ± 1.21mg/g. The strain (FS2) was identified as Aspergillus fumigatus based on internal transcribed spacer DNA region (ITS). Among the two isotherm tested, correlation coefficients (R²) of Cd(II) by A. fumigatus were found to be greater for …