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American cigar develops a kind of fungus (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agaric

'a kind of fungus' is the definition.

'american cigar develops' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'a' (common abbreviation - e.g. in organisation names).
'develops' is an anagram indicator.
'cigar' is an anagram of 'garic'.
'a'+'garic'='AGARIC'

(Other definitions for agaric that I've seen before include "Fungus of mushroom family" , "fungal growth" , "Fungus, eg, mushroom" , "Type of mushroom" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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