The characteristics, affecting factors and mechanism of adsorptive removal of dyes by dead white rot fungus were investigated. Methods: The spectrophotometric method, the characteristics of heat of adsorption and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) spectra were used to analyze systematically the characteristics and mechanisms of biosorption by dead fungus. Results: The results showed that different dyes could adsorbed by dead Pleurotus ostreatus BP effectively, especially Remazol Brilliant Blue R (RBBR), whose decolorization ra...