Crossword Genius

Eat little mushroom that’s turned darkish at the centre (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peck

'eat' is the definition.
(pecking is a kind of eating)

'little mushroom that's turned darkish at the centre' is the wordplay.
'little mushroom' becomes 'cep' (type of mushroom).
'that's turned' is a reversal indicator.
'at the centre' means to look at the middle letters.
The central letter of 'darkish' is 'k'.
'cep' in reverse letter order is 'pec'.
'pec'+'k'='PECK'

(Other definitions for peck that I've seen before include "Kiss; part of bushel" , "Bite lightly; a dry measure" , "Attack with beak" , "Strike with beak" , "Large number" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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