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Fungus ruined a cigar (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agaric

'fungus' is the definition.
(I know that agaric is a type of fungus)

'ruined a cigar' is the wordplay.
'ruined' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'cigar'='acigar'
'acigar' anagrammed gives 'AGARIC'.

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

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