The invention discloses a preparation method and application of a tupistra extract. According to the preparation method of the tupistra extract, with tupistra rhizomes as raw materials and ethanol water or ethyl acetate as a solvent, extraction is conducted, then through concentration and drying, the tupistra extract is obtained, and when the solvent is ethanol water, the volume fraction of ethylalcohol is not smaller than 60%. According to the preparation method, ethanol water or ethyl acetate is used as the solvent for preparing the tupistra extract, one-step completion is achieved, multiple solvents do not need to be adopted for repeated extraction, the technical operation is simple, the extraction rate is high, the cost is low, and the method is environmentally friendly; through the prepared exact, growth of filamentous fungi can be effectively inhibited, particularly, the inhibition function on rotten fungi such as penicillium expansum, penicillium italicum wehmer, penicillium digitatum, aspergillus niger, rhizopus stolonifera and botrytis cinereal is obvious, the effect is good at low concentration (1mg/mL), the antimicrobial spectrum is wide, no harmful organic solvent residues exist, the method is environmentally friendly, the toxic or side effect on a non-target is small, and the method accords with an environment-friendly sustainable development idea.