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So her fancy meal has scope for fungus (5,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

horse mushroom

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'fungus' is the definition.
(horse mushroom is a kind of fungus)

'so her fancy meal has scope' is the wordplay.
'fancy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'meal has' becomes 'mush' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'scope' becomes 'room' (both can mean space).
'so'+'her'='soher'
'soher' is an anagram of 'horse'.
'horse'+'mush'+'room'='HORSE MUSHROOM'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for horse mushroom that I've seen is " Large edible fungus".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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