The culprit is a fungus hitting Southern California?EUR??,,????'???s Canary Island palms. Other groups will go with palm cuttings too?EUR??,,????'??+including Christians on Palm Sunday.

For at least 20 years, a family or synagogue building its sukkah, or ?EUR??,,????'??shelter,?EUR??,,????'?? has turned to the city’s tree trimmers for luxuriously long green fronds from Canary Island palms.

City Department of Public Works officials say that after this year, they will no longer supply fronds for the eight-day Sukkot holiday.

Part of the reason, officials said, is a fungus plague.

A department spokeswoman, Jackie David, initially blamed a fungus called fusarium wilt, which is attacking many of the city’s prize Canary Island palms.

She added in an e-mail a day later: “This is partly due to funding constraints. We are in the process of reevaluating many programs in order to use our resources most efficiently while still continuing to meet the needs of the public.”

No city arborists were available to discuss details of the fungus, David said. She said she did not have information about how many city palms had fusarium wilt and if the problem was growing more serious.

“The city is concerned about aging trees and the transmission of fusarium,” David wrote.

Rabbis and congregants alike expressed surprise and some sorrow at news of the city’s decision.

“It’s a shame. They’ve been such a help for the Jewish community,” said Rabbi Richard Camras of Shomrei Torah Synagogue in West Hills.