In this paper, we prove the following statements: (1) There exists a Tychonoff star countable discrete closed, pseudocompact space having a regular-closed subspace which is not star countable. (2) Every separable space can be embedded into an absolutely star countable discrete closed space as a closed subspace. (3) Assuming $2^{\aleph _0}=2^{\aleph _1}$, there exists a normal absolutely star countable discrete closed space having a regular-closed subspace which is not star countable.