INTRODUCTIONL-lactic acid and its salts are being widely used in the food and Pharmaceutical industries. In particular, lactic acid can be used in the formation of polylactic acid (PLA), a new biodegradable plastic, which will solve one of the world-wide environmental problems, abandoning of waste plastic. Rhizopus oryzae is known to be outstanding in producing optically pure L-lactic acid with low nutritional requirement. Similar to many other mycelial fungal species, Rhizopus cultures are morphology complex. They can grow as extended filamentous form, mycelial mats, mycelial pellets or clumps. Different morphology growth forms can have a significant effect on the rheology of the fermentation broth that will affect O2 transfer and the productivity of strain. In this report, the relationship among the ratio Na+ to K+ in medium, the morphology of the mycelial growth and lactic acid production were studied. We also compared the lactic acid productivity of optimal pellet form with immobilized cells by polyurethane foam.