 [ Symptoms ] occassionally i have small smelly plaque like pieces that i can cough up or draw up from my throat what are they [ Disease ] they may be tonsilliths tiny accumulations of food and other debris that get trapped in the cryptsholes in your tonsils and the surrounding tissue they tend to smell andor taste nasty since the warm moist environment of the throat causes this material to decompose this is just a guess however since i have no way of examining you