@narelled23 @dianajc I clear my mucus into a clear plastic solo cup and am able to see the different liquids that I clear out with clearing my lungs and throat of it all.

Three pulmonologists looked at pictures I took of the cups and what I bring up....they could clearly see it all. In the cup were and are, when I do my therapy treatments etc. etc., what one might consider 'pus', meaning formed solid pieces. Prior to my being diagnosed and not understanding what was wrong with me these use to be deep green in color and would come up every so often when I 'sucked' them up and out when I felt something was stuck in me. I did think that I had an infection and told/showed my PCP....at that time he didn't think anything of it. However, a year later he was the one that ordered the C Scan and result....BE. I had lost 35 lbs. in that time and he finally understood....this woman does have a problem.
After my diagnosis and learning more of what to do the 'plugs' are light yellow in color vs the deep green color. I recently brought up what I consider a large 'plug/pus piece" that I hope was the one that was apparently recognized and related to me by the pulmonologists...as .....'more plugging and worse in the lower left lobe.' Recently after the large plug, I have had much smaller ones (plugs) build up and come out from the pockets, damages, of my lungs.
I have loose yellow mucus that comes up and is released along with the smaller, spec like, plugs that come up and out.
So that is what I am calling mucus plus. Some understand differently, meaning other BE patients, they feel/understood mucus plugs to be hard. Mine are gel like. Some BE patients say they do not have mucus plugs. So....again...we are all different and at different stages with our BE journey and infections.
Barbara