> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 610](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33190081) of TL-2 Vol. IV > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8197-1) LSID 8197-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18224792) QID Q18224792 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Rayss, Tscharna (1890-1965), Bessarabian-born Israeli algologist and mycologist; Dr. phil. Genève 1915, student of R. Chodat 1914-1918; with Savulescu at the department of plant pathology of the Agricultural Research Institute, Bucarest 1918-1934; director of the Laboratory for thallophyta of the Hebrew University Jerusalem 1934-1961. **Abbreviated name**: *Rayss* \[standard form in IPNI: *Rayss*\] #### Herbarium and types Israel material: [[Collection HUJ|HUJ]], also [[Collection E|E]], [[Collection PC|PC]]; Romania: [[Collection BUCA|BUCA]], [[Collection C|C]]. – Types of algae also at [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection UC|UC]]. – Some archival material in SIA. #### Bibliography and biography BJI 2: 143; BM 8: 1053; IH 1 (ed. 2): 64, (ed. 3): 79, (ed. 4): 85, (ed. 5): 85, (ed. 6): 110, (ed. 7): 112, 256; Kew 4: 421; Roon p. 92; Stevenson p. 1255. #### Biofile - Bodenheimer, F.S., Bull. Res. Counc. Israel 10D: 3-4. 1961 (portr., tribute, followed on p. 5-7 by a bibliography). - Feldmann, J., Bull. Soc. phycol. France 11: 22-23. 1965 (obit.). - Friedmann, I., Rev. algol. ser. 2. 8: 79-81. 1966 (obit., portr., bibl.). - Koster, J.Th., Taxon 18: 556. 1969 (algae types at HUJ). - Moreau, F., Bull. Soc. bot. France 112: 480-487. 1965 (obit., b. 10 Mai 1890, d. 4 Apr 1965, bibl.). - Papenfuss, G.F., Israel J. Bot. 17: 108. 1968 (Red Sea alg.). - Stafleu, F.A., Taxon 14: 206. 1965 (b. 10 Mai 1890, d. 4 Apr 1965). - Timor, B., Israel J. Bot. 14: 1-4. 1965 (obit., portr.). - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 1: 244. 1935, 2: 250, 251, 261, 394. 1936, 3: 216, 228. 1937, 4: 241. 1938, 6: 302. 1941. - Viennot-Bourgin, G., Bull. trim. Soc. mycol. France 81: 113-115. 1965 (obit., portr.). #### Composite works With T. Savulescu (q.v.) as senior author: *Materiale pentru flora Besarabiei* 1924, 1926, 1934. #### Festschrift Bull. Res. Counc. Israel, 10D(1-4). Jul 1961, 355, v p. #### Eponymy *Rayssiella* Edelstein et Prescott (1964) likely honors this author, but no etymology was given. ### Publications ##### n.8709. Coelastrum proboscidium **Title** Le *Coelastrum proboscidium* Bohl. Étude de planctologie expérimentale suivie d'une révision de Coelastrum de la Suisse. Thèse présentée à la Faculté des Sciences de l'Université de Genève pour l'obtention du grade de Docteur ès-sciences naturelles par Tscharna Rayss... Berne (Imprimerie K.J. Wyss) 1915. Thèse no. 566. **Abbreviated title**: *Coelastrum probosc*. **Notes** *Thesis issue*: shortly after 13 Jul 1915 (date of imprimatur University), p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-65, *pl. 1-20* (uncol.). *Copy*: MO. *Regular issue*: Jul-Dec 1915 (USDA rd. 12 Sep 1896), p. \[ii-vi\], \[1\]-65, \[66\], *pl. 1-20* (uncol.). *Copies*: BR, ILL, USDA. – Matériaux pour la flore cryptogamique Suisse, vol. 5(2), 1915. *Ref*.: Engler, A., Bot. Jahrb. 54(Lit.): 38. 4 Oct. 1916. - G.H., Hedwigia 58: (19)-(21). 8 Jul 1916. - P.H., Bull. Soc. bot. France 66: 258-259. 1919.