Professor Dame Phyllida Spore (d. 1408) was a witch. A celebrated Herbologist and author of One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, Professor Spore was the Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in her later life.
Biography[]
Lifetime[]
Professor Spore studied Herbology and authored One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi, a textbook that was still used at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1997.[2]
Professor Spore during her tenure as Headmistress.
At some point in her life, she became the Headmistress of Hogwarts.[3] Also at an unknown time, Spore received the title and honour of "dame".
Post-mortem[]
Professor Spore died in 1408.[1] Two portraits of her hung at Hogwarts: one depicted a middle aged woman,[4] and another, hung in the Headmaster's office,[3] depicted her as a younger witch with long dark hair.[5]
Behind the scenes[]
- Phyllida's portrait at the Headmaster's office appears only in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets a large painting of a wizard sleeping standing up against an armchair occupies that space, and in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince the portrait of Phineas Nigellus Black is hung there.
Etymology[]
Her first name is from Greek for "leaf" or "plant." A spore is a body produced by fungi, algae and non-flowering plants that is very protective and resistant to drought.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Appears in portrait(s))
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 In interviews, J.K. Rowling has stated that "all the portraits you see in the headmaster's study are all headmasters and mistresses who died". Spore's portrait is dated 1408.
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Chapter 25 (The Seer Overheard)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film) - Chapter 21 (The Pensieve)
- ↑ See this image.
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| Professors: Herbert Beery · Pomona Sprout · Neville Longbottom | |||||
| Textbooks: Flesh-Eating Trees of the World · Goshawk's Guide to Herbology · Magical Water Plants of the Mediterranean · One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi · Winogrand's Wonderous Water Plants | |||||
| Hogwarts class: Herbology Award · Herbology Lesson Cup · Herbology Race Cup · Herbology Store | |||||
| Hogwarts greenhouses: One · Two · Three · Four · Five · Six · Seven · Professor's Office | |||||
| Herbologists: Herbert Beery · Miranda Goshawk · Elladora Ketteridge · Beaumont Marjoribanks · Nepali wizard · Phyllida Spore · Tilden Toots · Hadrian Whittle · Sir Winogrand · Selina Sapworthy | |||||
| Plants Studied: Bouncing Bulb · Bubotuber · Devil's Snare · Fire Seed Bush · Mandrake · Mimbulus Mimbletonia · Puffapod · Screechsnap · Self-fertilising shrub · Snargaluff · Spiky Bush · Spiky Prickly Plant · Umbrella Flower · Venomous Tentacula · Whomping Willow · Wild rice | |||||