The white-rot fungus has been applied widely because of its strong degradation ability and special metabolic type.The current status of white-rot fungus applied in organic solid waste composting was reviewed in the paper.The degradation mechanism of lignin by white-rot fungus and the application of white-rot fungi in the bioremediation of heavy metal bio-sorption in composting have been introduced especially.The prospect of white-rot fungi usage in other aspects was put forward.