(sorry, thread should be entitled "White Crust Particles on MULCH"(not on soil))

Hi everyone,
I have a Lemon Madeline daylily that has been throwing out beautiful blooms for me for weeks but I noticed that the mulch just around the plant's crown(about an 8" radius) has white crusty particles on it. This, coupled with the fans being brown and dingy near the base of the plant has me concerned about it. All of the fans are still very green and lush away from the base and the buds and blooms continue to do very well to this day. It has many neighboring daylilies with no issues like this whatsoever.

Should I be concerned about the health of the plant?(or neighbors)

It's not unusual for daylilies to be brown near the base. The white stuff is hard to diagnose without a picture, are you able to post one?

sooby said:It's not unusual for daylilies to be brown near the base. The white stuff is hard to diagnose without a picture, are you able to post one?

Thanks for the reply.
Sure, here is a photo(the white particles are on the mulch, not soil):

I think it is probably the mulch decomposing. I wouldn't be too concerned as long as the plant is OK. I might pull the mulch back a bit from the base of the plant though, it looks a little deep although a photo can be misleading.

It looks like mycelium growing... (fungi parts) due to the decomposition of the mulch. I agree with Sooby, I don't think it's a cause for concern.

Fixed the subject line for you.

Thanks to everyone for your thoughts and to Char for the thread title fix!