Ethnobotanical insights on some LSA containing botanicals

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I found this on the site of the International Center for Ethnobotanical Education, Research, and Service (ICEERS).

What caught my eye was the traditional preperation of Ololiuqui seeds involving a fermented beverage, specifically mead (see last quote). I've been investigating the chemistry of fermentation which leads to the production of various compounds including esters, aldehydes and carboxylic acids.

There are different plants around the world that contain alkaloids from the lysergic acid family. Some of the best known are the Ipomoea violacea (morning glory), the Ipomoea tricolor (tlitliltzin) and the Rivea corymbosa (ololiuqui). These alkaloids are also present in the fungus Claviceps purpurea, known as ergot. All these plants have been used since ancient times for their psychoactive and medicinal properties.

The Rivea or Turbina corymbosa, also known as piule by the Mazatecs, a-mu-kia (medicine for divination) by the Chinantec and ololiuqui and xixicamatic by the Aztecs, is a woody and large vine of the Convolvulaceae family. It is a plant native to Central and South America.

A report from the time of the Spanish colonization of Mexico states that the Aztecs had an herb that they called cóatl-xoxouhqui, or green serpent, which contained seeds called ololiuqui.

The use of these seeds by the Aztec peoples is documented in both reports as well as in murals, such as the one in Teotihuacán, dating from 500 CE, in which an Aztec mother goddess and her priests are represented under an ololiuqui vine. The piuleros of Oaxaca used them for divination and the Mayans used the seeds in an agave mead beverage to enter a trance

Source: Ipomoea violacea: Basic Info | ICEERS

PS. (I formated it like this as when I used a single quote block it didn't display properly for some reason)