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Chromium contamination through different anthropogenic activities has been of great concern in soil health due to its toxicity and persistence. Microbial originating from contaminated industrial soil, including chromium tolerant fungi, is a promising approach to adapt green technologies. The current study investigated chromium contaminated industrial soils to explore the potential of indigenous fungi to tolerate, remove and detoxify high Cr(VI) contaminated matrices, as well as, the employed mechanisms by the most promising strain. This study involves fungal isolation from a chromium contaminated soil, selection and identification using ITS1 and tef1 sequences of the most chromium tolerant fungal strain. Mycoremediation was assessed by Cr(VI) removal and detoxification employing Lactuca sativa and Artemia salina tests, whereas scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) and chromate …