Detoxification pretreatment of black liquor derived from non‐wood feedstock with white‐rot fungi

This report focuses on the optimal conditions for Phanerochaete chrysosporium and Trametes versicolor to reduce colour, COD, aromatic compounds and toxicity of a pulp mill waste water. The results demonstrate that treatment with white‐rot fungi is adequate to detoxify these types of effluents and could be a pre‐treatment step prior to use of other biological processes.