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== History ==
 
== History ==
{{Dialogue a-b-a|Professor Sprout|Bubotubers. They need squeezing. You will collect the [[Bubotuber pus|pus]]—|Seamus Finnigan|The ''what''?|Pus, Finnigan, pus, and it's extremely valuable, so don't waste it. You will collect the pus, I say, in these bottles. Wear your [[dragon-hide gloves]]; it can do funny things to the skin when undiluted, bubotuber pus.|[[Pomona Sprout]] and [[Seamus Finnigan]] in [[1994]]|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}The pimple-curing properties of bubotuber pus was first discovered by the [[Potioneer]] [[Sacharissa Tugwood]], who also created some of the earliest [[Beautification Potion|Beautifying Potions]].<ref>{{POAVG}}</ref><ref>{{COSVG}}</ref><ref>{{POAVG}}</ref>
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{{Dialogue a-b-a|Professor Sprout|Bubotubers. They need squeezing. You will collect the pus—|Seamus Finnigan|The ''what''?|Pus, Finnigan, pus, and it's extremely valuable, so don't waste it. You will collect the pus, I say, in these bottles. Wear your [[dragon-hide gloves]]; it can do funny things to the skin when undiluted, bubotuber pus.|[[Pomona Sprout]] and [[Seamus Finnigan]] in [[1994]]|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}The pimple-curing properties of bubotuber pus was first discovered by the [[Potioneer]] [[Sacharissa Tugwood]], who also created some of the earliest [[Beautification Potion|Beautifying Potions]].<ref>{{POAVG}}</ref><ref>{{COSVG}}</ref><ref>{{POAVG}}</ref>
   
 
<nowiki> </nowiki>In [[1994]], the [[Fourth year]]s attending [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] collected Bubotuber pus in bottles during [[Herbology]] with [[Pomona Sprout|Professor Sprout]]. When the students were squeezing the swellings, it was described as "disgusting, but oddly satisfying."<ref name="gof13">{{GOF|B|13}}</ref>
 
<nowiki> </nowiki>In [[1994]], the [[Fourth year]]s attending [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] collected Bubotuber pus in bottles during [[Herbology]] with [[Pomona Sprout|Professor Sprout]]. When the students were squeezing the swellings, it was described as "disgusting, but oddly satisfying."<ref name="gof13">{{GOF|B|13}}</ref>

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"Bubotuber pus is a thick, yellowish green liquid, which smells strongly of petrol. It is very valuable, and can be used as an effective remedy against acne."
— Description[src]

Bubotuber pus is a thick, yellowish-green, petrol-smelling substance squeezed the swellings of the magical Bubotuber plant. It is extremely valuable for its acne-curing abilities, but if touched undiluted, it can leave painful boils on the skin. Therefore, dragon-hide gloves are recommended to be worn while handling raw bubotuber pus.

Nonetheless, treated bubotuber pus is recommended for curing the most severe cases of acne, rather than spells, due to the fact that spells are risky in acne-removal, such as in the case of Eloise Midgen cursing her nose off.[1]

History

Professor Sprout: "Bubotubers. They need squeezing. You will collect the pus—"
Seamus Finnigan: "The what?"
Professor Sprout: "Pus, Finnigan, pus, and it's extremely valuable, so don't waste it. You will collect the pus, I say, in these bottles. Wear your dragon-hide gloves; it can do funny things to the skin when undiluted, bubotuber pus."
Pomona Sprout and Seamus Finnigan in 1994[src]

The pimple-curing properties of bubotuber pus was first discovered by the Potioneer Sacharissa Tugwood, who also created some of the earliest Beautifying Potions.[2][3][4]

In 1994, the Fourth years attending Hogwarts collected Bubotuber pus in bottles during Herbology with Professor Sprout. When the students were squeezing the swellings, it was described as "disgusting, but oddly satisfying."[1]

In the same year, Hermione Granger was sent an envelope covered with this substance from an unknown person, who believed the rumour that she had relationships with both Harry Potter and Viktor Krum, as falsely and maliciously reported by Rita Skeeter. Her touching this substance caused yellow boils to form on her hands, which made it looked like she was wearing thick, knobbly gloves.[5]

In 1996, Molly Weasley mentioned that a mixture of gravy and Bubotuber pus was being falsely sold as a Protective Potion in the streets of Diagon Alley, which would supposedly protect the drinker from the effects of dark magic, despite having no effect whatsoever.[6]

Appearances

Notes and references

Herbology
Pottedmandrake
Herbologists
Astrid Cole · Clifford Cromwell · Marmaduke Dale · Blossom Degrasse · Miranda Goshawk · Alfred Lawley · Olgae Marinus · Beaumont Marjoribanks · Nepali wizard · Gethsemane Prickle · Sanjay Shanker · Selina Sapworthy · Phyllida Spore · Yubert Thorne · Tilden Toots · Hadrian Whittle · Winogrand
Herbology at Hogwarts
Herbology Award · Herbology Lesson Cup · Herbology Race Cup · Herbology Store · Hidden Herbology Corridor
Greenhouses One · Two · Three · Four · Five · Six · Seven · Professor's office
Professors Mirabel Garlick's predecessor · Mirabel Garlick · Herbert Beery · Pomona Sprout · Neville Longbottom
Textbooks Flesh-Eating Trees of the World · Ingredient Encyclopedia · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi · Winogrand's Wondrous Water Plants
Plants studied and grown at Hogwarts
Aconite · Alihotsy · Asphodel · Belladonna · Bouncing Bulb · Bubotuber · Bubotuber pus · Chinese Chomping Cabbage · Cowbane · Dandelion · Devil's Snare · Dirigible Plum · Dittany · Fanged Geranium · Fat cactus-like plant · Fire seed bush · Flitterbloom · Floo · Flutterby bush · Fluxweed · Gillyweed · Ginger · Greenhouse Tree · Hemlock · Honking daffodil · Ivy · Knotgrass · Lady's Mantle · Lavender · Leaping Toadstool · Lovage · Mandrake · Mimbulus mimbletonia · Mistletoe · Moly · Nettle · Peppermint · Puffapod · Raspberry · Rose · Sage · Screechsnap · Scurvy grass · Self-fertilising shrub · Shrivelfig · Snargaluff · Sneezewort · Sopophorous plant · Sopophorous Bean · Spiky Bush · Spiky Prickly Plant · Stinksap · Sugar Shrub · Toad-eating plant · Tormentil · Umbrella Flower · Valerian · Vampiric vegetation · Venomous Tentacula · Walking plant · Wax vegetables · Whomping Willow · Wiggentree · Wild rice · Wormwood
Spells taught in Herbology at Hogwarts
Fire-Making Spell (Incendio) · Herbivicus Charm (Herbivicus) · Incendio Duo Spell (Incendio Duo) · Lumos Solem Spell (Lumos Solem) · Severing Charm (Diffindo)