Cikel se dotika zdravilnega učinka gob, ki človeku pomagajo pri različnih boleznih in so del ljudske medicine. Tradicionalna vzhodnjaška medicina se opira na gobe že tisočletja — več kot dvesto vrst danes uvrščamo med nutricevtike, snovi, ki delujejo kot hrana in zdravilo hkrati. Na slikah Varuhinja narave in Gobe, hrana bogov (2024) so upodobljene opice, ki v rokah držijo gobo: hrano in obenem zdravilo, varuhe narave in vsega živega. Cikel zaokroža dolgoletno raziskovanje razmerja med človekom, hrano in nevidnimi sopotniki — bakterijami, glivami in mikroorganizmi.

The cycle addresses the medicinal action of mushrooms, which help humans with various ailments and are part of folk medicine. Traditional Eastern medicine has relied on mushrooms for millennia — more than two hundred species are today classified as nutraceuticals, substances that act as food and remedy at once. In the paintings Guardian of Nature and Mushrooms, Food of Gods (2024), monkeys hold a mushroom in their hands: food and medicine at the same time, guardians of nature and of all living things. The cycle rounds out a long-running inquiry into the relation between humans, food, and the unseen companions — bacteria, fungi, and microorganisms.