Abstract: In this study chitosan was extracted from the mycelia of Rhizopus sp KN01, Rhizopus sp KN02, Mucor sp KN03 and Aspergillus niger with the highest amount of extractable chitosan obtained at the late exponential phase. The amount of chitosan produced varied widely amongst isolates. Mucor sp KN03 produced the highest amount of extractable chitosan per ml of substrate and the highest yield of chitosan per unit mycelia mass.