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Fungus found on a fish I see (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agaric

'fungus' is the definition.
(agaric is a kind of fungus)

'on a fish i see' is the wordplay.
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fish' becomes 'gar' (gar is a kind of fish).
'see' becomes 'C' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
'a' next to 'gar' is 'agar'.
'agar'+'i'+'c'='AGARIC'

'found' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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